Mr. Andrew Hayes at the Public Accounts Committee

I can answer that.

There are other jurisdictions, commonwealth jurisdictions and provincial jurisdictions, in which the Auditor General does have a measure of independent funding mechanism. It can involve the participation of a parliamentary committee, such as this one, or there can be other models that achieve that independence.

We have started the discussions with PCO about possibilities. Legislation is not the only way to solve this funding mechanism, but there are examples out there.