Mr. Akhavan, I want to get to some common ground with you, so perhaps we could begin with legislation that sets out Rights and Democracy. You'd be familiar with subsection 31.(1). It reads:
31. (1) The Chairman shall, within four months after the end of each fiscal year, transmit to the Minister a report of the activities of the Centre for that fiscal year, including the financial statements of the Centre and the Auditor General’s report thereon.
You're familiar with that clause, I'm sure.
The other clause that I wanted to draw to your attention was from bylaw number 1, paragraph 3. It reads:
The board of directors appointed in accordance with the act shall establish the policies which determine the activities of the centre, and shall approve the annual budget of the centre.
So we're on the same page.