Information & Ethics committee  Yes.

Information & Ethics committee  There are several managers in that office. I wouldn't say she was specifically responsible for those documents; those are your words.

Information & Ethics committee  No. I didn't say the specific things you just said. I said, and I'll quote, “I am not in Ottawa. Many people have access to the email address. The Ottawa Citizen in particular is targeting the wrong person”. At the time I posted this, I was not in Ottawa.

Information & Ethics committee  Well, in that respect the password was pretty easy to guess, so I assumed that if anyone wanted to guess what that email password was, they could pretty well go on there and get access to it.

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you very much for your question. You asked two questions. One was to elaborate on my respect for Parliament, and the other was to discuss whether I felt that the information I posted was private information. With regard to my respect for Parliament, all I can say is that

Information & Ethics committee  Sadly, I've never had the pleasure of being a visitor to Manitoba. I intend to be soon. I've flown over it a lot of times. Again, I don't know how those documents were originally obtained.

Information & Ethics committee  I don't know if I can answer if it's common or not. I don't know. I know that every party has what's called opposition research. There are files. I wouldn't characterize it in the way you have. We're talking about quotes and biographical data. If there is something extra—some oth

Information & Ethics committee  The documents and the files are updated and added to by many people.

Information & Ethics committee  You can go on to our government directory and you will see a whole list of individuals.

Information & Ethics committee  We don't have a librarian. The files are available in a fully accessible filing cabinet that everybody in our office is able to access.

Information & Ethics committee  The Liberal Research Bureau.

Information & Ethics committee  The director of the Liberal Research Bureau.

Information & Ethics committee  It's actually a female. Marci Surkes is the manager of the LRB.

Information & Ethics committee  I don't think that's a fair statement at all. I think you are making a very gross generalization, and an assumption that is completely baseless and without fact.

Information & Ethics committee  I'll tell you what I do agree with. That is, and I'll quote, I know it’s a difficulty even for members to accept that your personal life is fair game. That’s the world we live in, and I’m not going to try in any way to suggest that somehow aspects of my life are off limits.