It is an excellent question. After our audit of the Privacy Commissioner, we established a group specifically devoted to what we call the smaller agencies. One of the first audits we did with it was to audit Elections Canada, for example, on their management of the election. We have another audit coming this fall that will look more at the administrative practices of a number of these small agencies.
But I've also asked the team to begin planning an audit, and maybe even a series of audits, around, I guess you could say, the governance of these organizations. They are listed in many different schedules in various acts. They're subject to different requirements.
The central agencies will tell you they're very hesitant to get involved or be seen to be interfering in their management, because of the professional independence they require. But at the same time, they should be accountable for their financial management and their human resource management. There's no framework that exists for these organizations such as you find, for example, for crown corporations. We're going to start looking at this situation.
There is a sort of network of small agencies, and we have met with them. They are very keen to work with us on this, as the Treasury Board Secretariat has indicated it would be also. I hope we will be able to answer some of the questions about what regime should be in place and what is appropriate oversight by the central agencies for these small agencies.