▁issued ▁a ▁new ▁policy ▁of ▁management ▁control ▁for ▁government ▁ag encies . ▁He ▁argued ▁that ▁these ▁re forms ▁would ▁prevent ▁similar ▁sc and als ▁from ▁occurr ing ▁in ▁the ▁future . ▁One ▁of ▁his ▁more ▁notable ▁initi atives ▁was ▁the ▁establishment ▁of ▁a ▁Chief ▁Aud it ▁Executive ▁for ▁each ▁government ▁department ▁and ▁ag ency . ▁ ▁In ▁total , ▁Al cock ▁brought ▁forward ▁ 1 5 8 ▁separate ▁re forms ▁for ▁the ▁public ▁service ▁in ▁late ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁and ▁promised ▁that ▁another ▁eight y ▁would ▁follow . ▁Crit ics ▁considered ▁this ▁to ▁be ▁excess ive ▁and ▁some ▁suggested ▁that ▁Al cock ▁was ▁micro - man aging ▁his ▁department . ▁ ▁Al cock ▁also ▁released ▁a ▁compreh ensive ▁proposal ▁for ▁reform ing ▁Canada ' s ▁regul atory ▁system ▁in ▁March ▁ 2 0 0 5 . ▁He ▁argued ▁that ▁his ▁re forms ▁would ▁reduce ▁del ays ▁for ▁pat ent ▁drug ▁appro val ▁and ▁avoid ▁the ▁dup lication ▁of ▁existing ▁foreign ▁research ▁without ▁comprom ising ▁safety ▁standards . ▁Crit ics ▁of ▁the ▁plan ▁suggested ▁that ▁it ▁could ▁je op ard ize ▁Canadian ▁so vere ig nt y ▁and ▁lead ▁to ▁the ▁ad option ▁of ▁American ▁regul atory ▁standards . ▁ ▁In ▁February ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁the ▁National ▁Post ▁identified ▁Al cock ▁as ▁a ▁leading ▁cabinet ▁supp orter ▁of ▁private - public ▁partners hips . ▁ ▁Other ▁In ▁early ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁Al cock ▁public ly ▁critic ized ▁his ▁government ' s ▁position ▁against ▁the ▁legal