The commissioner handles the petitions on behalf of the Auditor General of Canada, so the petitions actually go to the Auditor General. We have 15 days to process the petition, during which time we have to ascertain the departments involved and then send out the petition.
As the commissioner mentioned, if we feel that it doesn't comply with the guidelines on our Internet site or it's not robust enough, we will have a dialogue with the petitioner, but that rarely happens. The departments are then obligated to get back to us and the petitioner within 15 days to say that they have in fact received it, and then the minister is obligated to respond within 120 days.