David V. Wright at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

I'll be brief.

Executive Councillor Aucoin mentioned the trust building and the process of building the act. I would build on the comments about how this operates in parallel. You could think of the departments as upping their game in the shadow of the existence of the commissioner. The mere existence of the commissioner casts a shadow—a positive shadow, that is—across the bureaucracy. This helps everyone do better, knowing that a heavier hand lurks, if warranted.