I appreciate that, and I understand that you're going to have limitations, given how the office was created, and that you have to work as best you can within those limitations. I think it is unfortunate that it was set up the way it was, because I think you're constantly going to have to be fighting that. I appreciate the answer you gave; I think it's very sincere, but it's something you're going to have a continual effort at, because I've already heard this; people are concerned that if they have concerns about Public Works and procurement, they have to go an individual who works under the auspices of that same department.
The other concern I have, and to which I could maybe turn for a second, is the recent revelation that there are certain areas that are going to be left out of your mandate, CSIS for one and Parliament for another. I think this was a development of great concern for a number of us, because there doesn't seem to be a great deal of logic behind it. For example, with CSIS, we could apply the same logic to the Department of National Defence. Why, if there are secrecy concerns with respect to these contracts, wouldn't those be equally present within the Department of National Defence?
I'm wondering if you can speak to those exemptions. Were you aware of them before they were recently revealed to us? What are your feelings about those limitations on your office?