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Public Accounts committee Yes, it is correct.
June 20th, 2007Committee meeting
Leonard Edwards
Public Accounts committee Just to repeat that we're very pleased to be here today, and we'd be pleased to come back any time to continue to discuss the work we're trying to do.
June 20th, 2007Committee meeting
Leonard Edwards
Public Accounts committee Let me answer that. No, it wasn't, and there was no check done with the United States before we implemented those changes.
June 20th, 2007Committee meeting
Leonard Edwards
June 20th, 2007Committee meeting
Leonard Edwards
Public Accounts committee The agency of which Mr. Cossette is the head is a special operating agency.
June 20th, 2007Committee meeting
Leonard Edwards
Public Accounts committee Yes, it is.
June 20th, 2007Committee meeting
Leonard Edwards
Public Accounts committee Maybe Mr. Cossette has more detailed information.
June 20th, 2007Committee meeting
Leonard Edwards
Public Accounts committee Thank you for your question. I can't answer the question with respect to your riding in particular. Maybe one of my colleagues can.
June 20th, 2007Committee meeting
Leonard Edwards
Public Accounts committee Yes. Well, part of the plan the passport office has is to increase the use of service providers, such as Service Canada and the post office. In the case of your constituents, for example, rather than going to a passport office, they could go to a post office or to a Service Canada outlet for over-the-counter service at the front end of the process.
June 20th, 2007Committee meeting
Leonard Edwards
Public Accounts committee Yes, I do. Mr. Chairman, let me thank you and members of the committee for inviting me, as accounting officer for the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, to update you on Passport Canada's response to the Auditor General's status report. Joining me are officials from Passport Canada.
June 20th, 2007Committee meeting
Leonard Edwards
Information & Ethics committee I can answer those questions; they don't involve advice to the minister. I was a little confused by how you worded your initial question, because Madame Sabourin didn't deliver documents to me at any point in the process. Because she is the delegated authority under the act to approve the redactions and the release of the document, she did so without checking with me.
June 19th, 2007Committee meeting
Leonard Edwards
Information & Ethics committee Well, as I said in my opening comments, the reason I wrote the letter was to make sure you had the delegated authority here, and people with delegated authority, rather than those who didn't have it, and those who are familiar with responding to questions like this. The fact is that as a deputy minister of my department I carry on the responsibilities of my predecessor.
June 19th, 2007Committee meeting
Leonard Edwards
Information & Ethics committee All I'll say, Mr. Chairman, is that I completely share the sentiments that our processes in this area have to be top-notch. We have to be able to respond to the requirements of the act, and so forth. We must continuously be on our toes to ensure that our systems are up to handling the volume and dealing with the issues he referred to, which do have important implications for a lot of people.
June 19th, 2007Committee meeting
Leonard Edwards
Information & Ethics committee You asked me a question—
June 19th, 2007Committee meeting
Leonard Edwards
Information & Ethics committee Then it goes back to the ATIP section and they—different officers there, and you're aware of who they are in these individual cases—challenge the officers in the GHH as to what they have recommended to ensure that they have good sound reasons for eliminating them. At that point, the document then goes to Ms.
June 19th, 2007Committee meeting
Leonard Edwards