The proposal with respect to the Auditor General is to expand the power they have to deal with a reprisal. They can currently investigate our office under the heading of wrongdoing. We think it's fair that this should be expanded to reprisal, so it's to put a broader or a more complete set of powers into the Auditor General's hands vis-à-vis their oversight of my office. I think the investigator's office is not free from investigation itself, so we would be expanding the power given to the Auditor General.
With respect to the particular legislative amendments to increase confidence—for example, right now you can make an internal disclosure to a designated senior officer or to your manager—my first proposal is that you be able to make a disclosure internally all the way up the line, up to and including the deputy minister. It's to open those gates.
We want to have, as I mentioned in my opening remarks, access to outside information. If, for example, a public servant is accused of running a business on the side or using it in an inappropriate way, it would be important for me to have the ability to look at business records outside the public sector in order to do that. I think that would increase confidence.
There is one proposal that I feel very strongly about—not most strongly, because I think the reverse onus, the interim remedies, and the payment of legal fees are essential—but the entire idea that you have to prove that you came forward to my office in good faith makes me crazy. You should not have to do that. What matters is that you have reasonable belief in the truth of what you're coming forward with.