Mr. Chair and honourable members, I believe the only piece of information I would add on the U.K. model is that to my understanding, it really covered their equivalent of the office of the Auditor General. It didn't focus on a broader group of agents. Because of that slant, and because of different types of legislation that are governing the country, the model that was developed and that we're piloting right now is partially that model and partially in response to recommendations made by the report this committee provided a year or so ago, and, I believe, to pieces of recommendations from two other standing committees as well. It really is, as Ms. Chaput has mentioned, a Canadian-made version.
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