Thank you for that.
I can see the logic to it, because as elected members, you are in a bit of a tough spot to deal with this without the help of an independent body. There is a sense that, you know, because you're the participants in the very elections you're talking about, it's possible that....
People want a totally non-partisan treatment of a thing like this. You can imagine such a thing where people who have expertise in security issues, in cybersecurity, in democratic health or in all kinds of things would come together to build an organization that would be able to take a very cross-disciplinary approach to figuring out how to deal with these sorts of things. Reporting to Parliament would be important, because you would want everything to be open and transparent.
That said, I'm always a little nervous when we take decisions away from Parliament. It's not that you'd be taking decisions away from Parliament, but sometimes there can be a whole bunch of voices and the sense from the public is that, “Oh, we're going to appoint one more person who can't really make decisions but can talk about things and give advice and do reports and so on.”
Honestly, I have a sense of urgency about this. I wouldn't be entirely satisfied if that sort of thing happened, but I can see why it would have value.