I do know that my predecessor did make submissions prior to his departure. There are, I think, a number of areas that could be looked at. I'm always hesitant. There are policy reasons for a lot of things, and there are many things at play. One thing that is an impediment to our investigations—and that may be by design but, nevertheless, is an impediment—is the fact that if evidence exists outside the federal public service, I'm not allowed to look at it. I'm not allowed to even ask somebody for it. It's not even a question of my powers to compel not applying to people. It's that I'm not even allowed to ask.
If, for example, there's an issue that involves anybody from the outside, it's tricky. It's sort of in conflict with other provisions because the act does allow somebody from outside the public service to provide me with information about wrongdoing that I can use to launch an investigation. I can't launch the investigation unless I can talk to that person. I've interpreted the act to mean that I can go back to at least the person who has provided me with the information to try to get more, but my hands are tied in several investigations because I just cannot go outside. That's one example.