The RCMP Act has the Minister of Public Safety overseeing the Commissioner of the RCMP. The Commissioner of the RCMP responds to the Minister of Public Safety under the umbrella of public safety along with the Canada Border Services Agency, Correctional Services, and CSIS.
In terms of the selection process and whether it should be independent, I hope and I expect that when a selection board is put together the individuals on the selection board are looking for the most meritorious candidate--the candidate with the leadership necessary to lead a very complex organization--and not looking at whether or not that individual is going to be a lap dog, if you will, for anyone, and that they will be doing what is required to look after the best interests of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and serve the public in an open, transparent, and accountable way.