Yes. This temporary funding must absolutely be maintained. This is a request that I have made to Treasury Board and to the government.
This actually highlights one of our challenges as independent officers of Parliament, since we still depend on government support for these requests. I agree that it's important that there be rigour and oversight. For us, however, it is problematic, because we have been mandated to conduct investigations into privacy breaches that occur in the public sector, but without having had permanent funding for that mandate. However, the work is permanent and increasing, as privacy breaches are increasing, with major repercussions in Canada and abroad.
The lack of ongoing funding is very problematic for us. I hope and expect that a decision will be made on that.