Information & Ethics committee  That's right.

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, I think we've begun to influence the culture in a community. Based on the numbers in our annual reports, it seems that people take us seriously. Well, at least they take us more seriously than they did four or five years ago. When I say “take us seriously”, I mean they know

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you very much.

Information & Ethics committee  It's about 60% of the time. Since I've been there, we've done 21 reports, and two-thirds were on my own initiative.

Information & Ethics committee  No, we've always had enough resources to do it. I have never failed to investigate something I wished I could investigate because of the resource consideration. Never.

Information & Ethics committee  I referred to our new case management system, which will be launched this year. It's well advanced. We're at the 80% mark. However, we want to do it well, with a good education program both within and for users as well, including MPs.

Information & Ethics committee  Section 19 of the act says that abiding by the act is a condition of employment. The government as an employer, faced with a situation where I have found a contravention of the Conflict of Interest Act, has the power to basically impose disciplinary sanctions, up to and including

Information & Ethics committee  I am pleased to report that, first of all, the situation is better today than it was when we published that report last week, I believe on Wednesday. The situation is getting better. We are down to less than 10 MPs who have yet to initiate the process with us. A certain number of

Information & Ethics committee  Many of the employees who work in my office are what we refer to as “knowledge workers”. It takes years sometimes to learn their jobs, to learn how to properly do the work. A large segment of this expenditure is for a reasonable economic increase of 3.5% to their salaries on Apri

Information & Ethics committee  —to implement the act as it is, not to dream of a new act. I'm not in government.

Information & Ethics committee  No. I think I've done so already regarding the three areas of increases. Everything else is fine and under control. We operate independently from government and from the Treasury Board, so it's perfectly fine.

Information & Ethics committee  No.

Information & Ethics committee  No. However, things evolve, of course. I reserve the right. There was a 43% increase in the number of situations where we gave advice last year, so it's possible that, if it continues, we will need some additional resources, but not at this point.

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you.