With that, I'm just hoping that the government's next change to the so-called standard clause doesn't affect the Auditor General. We have to make distinctions between different kinds of offices of Parliament when it comes to the importance of at least not increasing the incursion of the executive in approving. Given the relationship between the current government and maybe future governments and Elections Canada, the all-important ability to hire temporary specialists, the idea of giving over that authority, even if it's standard in some other context, to the Treasury Board is extremely worrisome.
It's worrisome to me that the minister would not answer the question, would not promise not to use the power. I'll leave it at that.