We have our mandate that's been clearly defined in the OIC. As you know, under this bill all federal departments will be required to have an internal complaint system. One of the issues is that we're going to have to wait to see how those complaint systems are, because part of my mandate is that victims of crime can contact our office in relation to issues around federal programming policies, and that won't change. But we have to see how that relationship is going to work now that there are the internal complaint systems.
Part of my comments was about the ability to have the authority to demand documents. Right now we have excellent open lines of communication with the federal agencies that we deal with. With the internal complaint systems they're developing, I don't know how that's going to look. We're going to have to monitor that and look at how that relationship will develop. But we're going to continue to use the voice of our office to amplify the voice of victims on many of these issues.
I realize that when there is new legislation, evaluation is going to have to be a joint effort among the provinces and territories and the federal government. Because at the end of the day, we need to know if this bill is making a difference.