I suppose the Prime Minister making a recommendation of who's in the position is inherently political. If the Prime Minister has that purview as a politician, an elected one—not directly elected mind you, but I think folks understand my meaning—then I don't see why we couldn't do this. As I said, all these other positions are normally filled with such candidates. Unfortunately, that's not been the practice lately, as we saw with the debacle around the official languages commissioner.
Chair, you'll recall, you were a member at the time, the Liberal Party staged a walkout on the vote on the Auditor General in the last Parliament, the candidate that was put forward. Certainly I don't think this type of thing besmirches the ability of the person to do their job. I think it's an accountability mechanism on the Prime Minister and the selection that he's making for this unprecedented but important position. Contrary to the point that was made, I believe it is in line with existing practices with regard to how many of these types of watchdog positions are filled. Again, I think that falling back on the fact that we've seen less accountability should not be a reason for rejecting more accountability in the context of an amendment such as this.