In our formulation of such an independent body, it would be independent from government and from the police, and this body would have access to police personnel, to police records, to all of the infrastructure of law enforcement, to conduct, as Mr. Swan pointed out, proactive independent audits. It would not just be through the receipt of information, but they would actually go into the information, on their own initiative, and look through the information. There may be circumstances where the information isn't coming to light. If there are covert operations happening, that may never see the light of day in a courtroom because by its very nature, it's covert. We don't know that it's happening. The individuals may not know they are being monitored. So this type of organization would have the power to go inside the law enforcement body. As Mr. Swan pointed out, it's something very similar to the way SIRC operates with CSIS.
SIRC receives complaints from the public, but it also has the power to go inside CSIS itself. That is a model we would look to. As for the exact way it would work, that can be left to...but SIRC works as a model. SIRC works as a type of organization that we would look to when we talk about an independent audit.
The other thing with the reporting is that currently, as I've mentioned, you can delay the reports. As I read the legislation, it could be delayed indefinitely. There's no prohibition on that. So we would add in the level of judicial authorization if a law enforcement agency was choosing to delay. On the question of the chair, in terms of jeopardizing an ongoing investigation, there would be that safeguard that would help with that as well. There would be the two levels. One is the judicial authorization, but then also the independent body would be overseeing it all.
I hope that answers--