We don't see this as an added layer of bureaucracy. As President Clayton said, it's an independent agent of Parliament.
There are currently internal processes that the federal government has established, like DMOC, the deputy ministers' oversight committee, but those are really towards the internal coordination of the federal government. One of the key challenges is that there's no internal coordination. You have one interpretation from one department and then on the same provision, there's a completely different interpretation from another department. There's no way for Parliament to obtain an independent assessment of how modern treaties are being implemented.
The agent of Parliament is separate. We don't see it as an added layer of bureaucracy as it's reporting directly to Parliament.
