I would say that the internal process will inevitably do most of the work.
The issue of trust is crucial, you are absolutely right. In order for the public and the bidding companies to trust the process, I think the public must have the assurance that there is no political interference and that the process does not give undue discretion to the public service employees involved in the process.
You talked about putting the finger on the problem. I would say that the problem is when public service employees are granted too much power. According to the evidence you have heard, I think that's where we are at in terms of the national security exception. It is enough for an assistant deputy minister to sign a letter for the process to take an entirely different direction. There is no internal or external control over that decision. Therein lies the problem, I think.
So the idea is to find a way of having internal control over it and maintaining the external control that the Canadian International Trade Tribunal has put in place in its latest decisions, or to find an alternative. The Auditor General might have a role to play. However, I think the solution would be a combination of those various—