Statistics Canada has been one of the pre-eminent statistical agencies in the world. In fact, it is operated very much in line with the legislation.
What has happened over time is that a number of organizations like the United Nations and the OECD have actually formalized a lot of the good practices that statistical agencies, at least the eminent ones across the globe, follow.
What you have now, essentially, in the proposed legislation, is a codification of what has generally been the practice. In many international fora, Statistics Canada is regarded very highly, in terms of the way it operates. The legislation essentially now takes it one step further, and codifies in law some of the responsibilities that leverage the expertise that statisticians bring to a statistical agency.