Information & Ethics committee  What I am saying is that what is being proposed in the new section 6 in Bill C-58 is a regression of existing rights. Under the current legislation, if I made an access request for all records related to “sponsorship budget”, I would be able to have my access to information requ

Information & Ethics committee  I think you would have to ask them, because they—

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, so they don't see it as a regression, and I fully respect your perspective on this.

Information & Ethics committee  What I am saying is that what I consider to be perfectly valid requests under the current regime would now be denied under this regime. I think you've heard from Peter Di Gangi, and his submission is supported by a number of first nations. I think their concerns with this new se

Information & Ethics committee  I'm saying that if committee and Parliament decide that there really has to be some measure of involvement of the Privacy Commissioner under C-58, it should be first in terms of consulting the Privacy Commissioner during investigations under my legislation, so it should be at the

Information & Ethics committee  This is something we can provide to the committee, because we have them.

Information & Ethics committee  Two cases went to court recently. One was dealing with a request to the Prime Minister's Office in relation to information regarding Senators Duffy, Brazeau, and Wallin. That was in the Federal Court. We recently had a decision, and that involved some information that the Prime M

Information & Ethics committee  The other aspect of the proactive disclosure proposed in Bill C-58 can certainly support what you are saying. If issues threaten to jeopardize the safety of individuals or judicial independence, it would be appropriate to apply exemptions. The legislation provides for exemptions

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, it's very possible, but as I mentioned, we didn't have the benefit of consulting the full brief. That said, I do think that Mr. Bienvenu's suggestion was a welcome one.

Information & Ethics committee  That is why I have made recommendations to improve Bill C-58. I think that the recommendations truly focus on preventing some of the negative impacts of Bill C-58. I really hope that the committee will take them into consideration and that the government will consider all of the

Information & Ethics committee  The provision that provides an exemption for personal information has existed and been interpreted for 30 years. After all, it is a mandatory exemption. It reflects the fact that personal information belongs to the individual and not to the government. So it is appropriate to hav

Information & Ethics committee  I am here to testify on Bill C-58. I explained in my report my concerns with regard to this bill and I made recommendations. Anything beyond that is outside the scope of my testimony.

Information & Ethics committee  What exactly is your question?

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you.

Information & Ethics committee  Judicial independence was explained very well by Pierre Bienvenu, when he appeared before the committee. Judicial independence is protected by the Constitution, and it protects not only judges' decisions, but also the whole administrative aspect. My colleague could tell you more