Public Accounts committee  Do you mean advice with respect to what we will do with the review?

Public Accounts committee  I'm not sure I understood the question, Mr. Chair.

Public Accounts committee  I believe the answer is yes, if I understand the question.

Public Accounts committee  Thank you for your question. If I may, I will respond in English so that I can answer as accurately as possible. Mr. Chair, the importance of a healthy working environment can't be overstated, in my view. We are currently trying to attend, to our best abilities, to the needs of

Public Accounts committee  The independent review process that we spoke of...? We have not begun that review process yet. That will be under the direction of the new interim commissioner.

Public Accounts committee  To clarify, Mr. Chair, the review we're looking at would indeed be an external review. That is our intention. We will be discussing the timeline with the new interim commissioner, who begins his job on Monday. Our intention is to do that on a priority basis, certainly.

Public Accounts committee  The process of file review and recommendation involves a number of people in our office, starting with intake, which would be a registrar function. That person would do an initial review to ensure that a matter is within our jurisdiction. That would also involve discussing other

Public Accounts committee  In some cases, yes. There were a number of files done before I arrived. I arrived approximately a year after the act came into force. There had been some different structures with respect to--

Public Accounts committee  I'd have to get back to you on that.

Public Accounts committee  That review process is not top to bottom. The work is not redundant at every stage of that review, of course. It would be....

Public Accounts committee  No.

Public Accounts committee  No.

Public Accounts committee  No.

Public Accounts committee  Not to my knowledge.

Public Accounts committee  My understanding would be that any file material with respect to our guidelines would be internal discussion documents.