That's another great question. As many of the committee members know, the role is not currently outlined. Oddly, if you go to the section dealing with the Military Police Complaints Commission in the National Defence Act, it's really all about the provost marshal, how he and his folks conduct investigations, and their standards and complaints. So it seems rather odd, even in that simple context, that you have a lot of mention about this institution and person called provost marshal, yet the individual has not been formally recognized.
The theory was really to give the provost marshal the rightful place under legislation to outline the duties and responsibilities in legislation so they were clear and transparent. We're trying to highlight, as I mentioned to an earlier question, the truly unique structure of the military police--the operational and policing side.