Thank you, Chair, and thank you to the panel for your presentation.
Being new, I have a lot to learn here.
I had a chance to look over the May 2005 report on the process. Just to kick things off for me, at any rate, I understand the philosophy here. You described the importance of independence from government but not from Parliament. That makes sense, since these are officers of Parliament, if you will.
When I looked through the paper, I noticed that you touched on reference to other jurisdictions--the U.K., for example. Looking back, you mentioned that you've had the pilot and that it seemed successful. Have we mirrored that process? Have we really forged our own process, or have we relied more on another jurisdiction? Is it the U.K. model to which you suggested it's closely aligned?