I think the major difficulty that has been raised with respect to putting the commissioner under the Director of Public Prosecutions is on the exchange of information. It is very important that the commissioner work with Elections Canada in order to get all of the information that they need in order to conduct investigations. In the current legislation around privacy, etc., there are no provisions in the act that would allow for that exchange of information.
On April 8th, 2014. See this statement in context.