Sure. Let me give you a couple of examples of recent spending that our office was involved in to illustrate how I understand the relationship between the office and the legislative assembly and/or government with respect to spending initiatives.
I mentioned in my comments that we sponsored a conference on a 2013 provincial election, and we did it with the University of British Columbia. For us, that was part of our event funding because understanding the determinants of people's civic engagement, for example, was an important element in the event, and so when the funding is allocated for a project like that, it is part of the statutory spending that the office has that I report on to the legislative assembly as event funding in advance of the event, and then report on subsequently after the event.
When I was involved in a recent panel on Internet voting, it was an interesting evolution of that project, because I was requested to do that by the Minister of Justice, and it was important for me to ensure that I wasn't reporting to, and this panel wasn't reporting to, a government ministry, but rather to the legislative assembly. I agreed to head up the panel but under the condition that I would select the panellists, that I would approach the legislative committee for funding for the work of the panel, and that ultimately, the report of the panel went to the legislative assembly as a whole and not to a government ministry. The independence of the office is reflected in a number of our activities, whether they're event activities or special projects.