As the Auditor General has said before in committee, Parliament sometimes grants us new powers, but there are costs associated with that. That is also true for Mr. Dufresne. For example, since the coming into force of former Bill C-58, I now have the authority to make orders and publish reports. However, that costs a lot of money and we also want to be able to meet the demand.
Right now, I have a backlog of 3,400 complaints, and I don't have the resources needed to investigate them. I would be delighted to be given additional temporary funding to conduct those investigations. On the other hand, I would also be prepared to give money back if the number of complaints that I have to deal with were to decrease. I think that sort of trade-off and accountability are important. If such were the case, we would not be required to extend the time frame for investigating complaints because of a lack of resources.