Information & Ethics committee  Well, yes. As far as recommendation 3 is concerned, striped green means that my recommendation does not go far enough. Those witnesses want the Commissioner to have ful order-making power. That is what makes it different from the others. The minister had expressed some reservat

Information & Ethics committee  Are you referring to recommendation number 3?

Information & Ethics committee  I fully agree with all the witnesses who have stated that the Commissioner should receive full order-making power, both on administrative issues and on refusals. The strategy I had developed for you about those 12 recommendations was based on what I believed would be feasible i

Information & Ethics committee  Exactly. The committee would make an assessment at that time.

Information & Ethics committee  To that specific concern, I'll respond as follows. This recommendation is made on the basis of some representations we had in our consultations. For those who have the resources and wish to proceed quickly to court to get their resolution, we still would keep within the statute t

Information & Ethics committee  First of all, in terms of whether Canada and South Africa are the only two countries that do not provide for it, I don't have that information at hand. I know that South Africa does not. I know that New Zealand does and that in Australia recommendations have just come forward fro

Information & Ethics committee  First of all, I want to explain the meaning of the colors. Green refers to witnesses who have agreed with my recommendations, and striped green, those who have agreed with reservations. Red refers to those who are in opposition and yellow means that the Minister has requested mor

Information & Ethics committee  The short answer to your question, “Is it going on?”, is yes. It is and it was. We had a complaint from the Canadian Newspaper Association about amber-lighting for press-based or media-based requests. We did a very lengthy investigation, going back to 2004. Our annual report,

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for inviting me to address you once again on the issue of the Access to Information Act reform. Since my appearance before you in March to discuss the modernization of the act, you've heard the views of a number of witnesses, as

Information & Ethics committee  Well, in several reports, including the latest report card, I've made comment on that. I've made specific recommendations to Treasury Board about recruitment and training of ATIP coordinators in the community and to the school of public service management for constant training.

Information & Ethics committee  I hesitate—

Information & Ethics committee  You see, it's difficult for me to be in a position to judge the motive. It could be very valid. So that's why I think having the discretion would give me the opportunity to discuss it with the complainant requester and come to a conclusion as to the merits of the situation. It c

Information & Ethics committee  Probably isn't, but again....

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, we will. We can get to June 30.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, and policies on treatment of detainees, reports on particular--