Because we asked him to look at the specific question of whether additional oversight was required for the RCMP as it related to their national security activities. Mr. Justice O'Connor may--I don't know, I haven't seen his report--talk about the importance of parliamentary oversight as part of his answer to the question. We kept the question very general: What do you think would be appropriate oversight for the force, as it relates to national security matters? He has tipped his hand in a sense, in the first part of his report, by saying he believes an independent review mechanism is important for the RCMP. He may go further--I don't know, Mr. Chair--and talk about the importance of parliamentary oversight and the fact that it would be a complementary cap to any kind of independent review mechanism he might suggest. Certainly there's nothing that precludes him from talking about parliamentary oversight in his second report.
On November 28th, 2006. See this statement in context.