I think that's a good point, given that the prior government did not formally respond to six of the Law Commission reports; they simply didn't even respond to them. I'm wondering what the value was. Not only did they not ask for the reports, but they also didn't respond to those reports.
All I can say is that I think there's a better way of obtaining value for money as well as good independent legal opinions, whether those are from the universities or from the bar association. Chiefs of police, for example, have a legislative committee that analyzes legislation; it is certainly independent of government, and they are more than willing to provide that information on a request basis.
I can only agree with you that there are better ways of dealing with Canadian taxpayer dollars than through the particular mechanism that was put in place here.