Mr. Chairman, I would simply say what I said in my written remarks, which is that the ombudsman should have the complete ability to determine how any complaints, files, or issues should be investigated. What would flow from that is that if the minister directed him to do an investigation, the ombudsman should have the ability to say no, unless--and this goes back to what I said--the minister issues a direction, in writing, which is made public, that says I want you to investigate this. That would be the one caveat.
My experience has been that before a minister goes to the length of issuing a written direction to his or her ombudsman to do something, it would presumably be something serious and important, and it may be good for the ombudsman to look into it. My experience has also been that most ministers, most of the time, are by and large reasonable people. If you said, “Well, look, Minister, I don't think this makes sense, because if you force me to do this, I will spend an awful lot of resources that won't be available for this or that”, usually a minister would be sensitive to that and say, “Okay, maybe you're right. Maybe we will split it, or maybe we will do something else.”