Information & Ethics committee  Yes. I think it's unfortunate. For example, that investigative report work is similar, in a sense, to the judicial system and the judicial requirements. Most statutes, and some that aren't even judicial that are similar to mine, have a provision in their legislation that allows

Information & Ethics committee  —provision in my act.

Information & Ethics committee  I'm no longer—

Information & Ethics committee  —authorized to deal with it.

Information & Ethics committee  I'm trying to finish them.

Information & Ethics committee  Well, the only thing then is an interim appointment again, I guess, to finish them up. I don't know when a new person will be identified, either. I don't have any idea how the process is proceeding.

Information & Ethics committee  Well, let me put it this way: I'm willing to complete those files.

Information & Ethics committee  I don't have the power to do that. Those rules are simply Prime Minister's rules. They were Mr. Harper's rules as well, and the Prime Minister has changed them slightly.

Information & Ethics committee  No, most of them are the same. There are a few additional ones.

Information & Ethics committee  We're talking about the accountability guide, are we?

Information & Ethics committee  Oh, his mandate letters; I'm sorry. No, I don't know about these.

Information & Ethics committee  It happens very rarely. I had to go to Toronto once for an investigation. That said, we can usually do that kind of work here, in Ottawa.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes. We focused a lot on those issues and we are always making improvements. I cannot list all of them. My companion could talk about them a bit.

Information & Ethics committee  I don't know. I think I am doing a pretty good job, and I think that the work will continue to be well done. I have a very good team.

Information & Ethics committee  I have made many decisions. We record each of them, so we have accumulated plenty of precedents. Every individual will have new ideas, I assume, but I cannot know what they will be.