As I stated, the Auditor General has a broad mandate, a whole-of-government approach, to deal with federal spending and operations. It's not going to be able to provide continuous...specific to the treaties.
A commissioner is going to require expertise. They're going to be able to bring in expertise and build partnership engagement. Bringing that knowledge and experience to the role is going to be very crucial, because modern treaties are special kinds of treaties.
In some cases, as in the Northwest Territories, it's a three-party agreement, so it's with the territorial government as well. I think the specialization and the implementation of that are going to be very crucial. We don't see the Auditor General being able to provide that. This treaty commissioner would certainly have that expertise and knowledge.
