Mr. Ferguson, I've read a few of your reports and I've noticed that your office excels at determining whether a certain process was properly followed or whether a particular process was necessary.
Let's look at what I call the internal avenue, in other words, the disclosure process within departments. Would it be good and reasonable to consider eliminating this avenue in order to enhance PSIC's or your office's avenue and make available all the resources at the departments' disposal?
The committee members have noticed that public servants often fear a department's internal avenue. The public servants must deal with people who have committed wrongdoing. Do you think this avenue could be closed to enhance PSIC's more independent avenue?