Government Operations committee  The new legislation, which we were discussing, that came into force December 2005 was called the Public Service Modernization Act. Under that legislation there was a strong suggestion—I guess is the best word, because it wasn't “must”, but “may”—that the Public Service Commission

Government Operations committee  “Core” means those who fall under the Public Service Employment Act.

Government Operations committee  We go into quite a bit of detail in the audit about what we saw was a problem there. But as I said earlier, what we expect in the new legislation, and it was an expectation that was there before, is that people who are the heads of an organization take the responsibility for HR m

Government Operations committee  At the time the audit was being completed, there was a change in the management of the organization. The current acting head of the organization and their management team has put in responses in the audit, and they have accepted the audit findings and they have accepted the recom

Government Operations committee  There was a lot of debate and discussion when the legislation was changed, and the preoccupation at the time was to ensure that we had a system that was more flexible and more agile and more responsive to a changing workplace and a changing work environment. I believe that the

Government Operations committee  Your question relates to the audit of the Canadian Space Agency. It was a sample of over 100 files, and when we see a number that high, that 48%, it is far too high and is a worry. Errors do get made, but that was a consistent pattern of problems.

Government Operations committee  Madam Chair, thank you for the invitation to appear before your Committee on the Public Service Commission's (PSC) mandate. I have with me from the PSC Linda Gobeil, Senior Vice-President, Policy Branch, and Donald Lemaire, Vice-President, Services Branch. I would like to discu

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  I haven't taken a good look at that section. I don't know if Mr. Arseneault could clarify that. I didn't give a lot of attention to that part of the act.

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  It's the same sensitivity, but I'm only asking for it for the audits and investigations. The access to information applies to the rest of my organization, and I have absolutely no problem with that. It really is just for the audit and investigation portions of the organization.

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Well, we're building up our statistical capacity. The other part of that is that there's a very small number who come into the EXs. They tend to be coming into the senior program, the senior professional ranks. They tend to stay; half of them tend to stay in the same departments

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Which is to allow staff from minister's offices to compete in internal competitions.

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Merit-based competitions.

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  They'd have the right to compete in internal competitions for one year.

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  That's right. Now, your other question was what is the origin of this. I had the lawyers look at that, and it goes back quite a way. Mr. Arseneault, maybe you can explain. It goes back to the 1920s.

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  It goes back to the 1920s, when there was some kind of privilege given for coming into the public service. I'm not sure who was in the government at that time, but the actual wording of priority entitlements came in the 1960s.