Mr. Michael Kempa at the Public Safety and National Security Committee

I absolutely echo the point on the importance of the independence of that office. We could almost consider a type of tripartite governance structure for that body, similar to the direction the RCMP is very slowly moving in with the establishment of a management advisory body. It is not currently, formally, an oversight body, but it may become a civilian oversight mechanism for the RCMP. Something similar for this office might be appropriate, in order to insulate it from government influence.