Procedure and House Affairs committee  There are some exemptions that deal with national interest: information from other governments, national security information, the defence of Canada, and economic interests of Canada. There are also exemptions that deal with individual private interests, such as proprietary infor

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you for your question. As the Commissioner indicated earlier, we review the document provided to us by the Office of the Legal Advisor and the Privy Council. We look at all the details, we check to see whether all the information is there and we compare the documents the i

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We carry out our review and, if necessary, we consult the institution during the investigation and confirm everything with it. We then draw our own conclusions as to whether or not it is justified.

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you for the question. I don't have that specific information. What we do keep track of is the total number of complaints that relate to cabinet confidence exclusion. We can have anywhere from 2% to 4% of our entire number of complaints on the issue of cabinet confidences.

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you. We entered into a backlog of about 1,600 complaints, and in five months we were able to reduce them by 31%. And as of last Friday, I'm happy to report that we are now down to 999 of those 1,600 left to complete.

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you. On the cabinet confidence issue, having those posted proactively certainly does make a difference in what you end up looking for under the act. We also have now the Quebec example, where, under regulation, certain types of information now have to be proactively disclo

Information & Ethics committee  Yes.

Information & Ethics committee  For some reason, my page is missing. Of our top ten users, number one accounts for 17%. The second user is 12%. Others go down from there, for a total of 47% for the top ten.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes. They are from business and the media.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, we can certainly do that. It's from last year's annual report, because we have a full year of data for that. It shows the top ten departments.

Information & Ethics committee  As far as received last year, we had--

Information & Ethics committee  The CBC became subject to the act on September 1, 2007, under the Federal Accountability Act. And they received hundreds of requests. We received hundreds of complaints. The other two are the Department of National Defence, at about half that amount, 256, and the Privy Council O

Information & Ethics committee  Yes.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes. It crosses the gamut, whether it's delays or refusals--and certainly the cabinet confidence complaints.

Information & Ethics committee  The top three are CBC--