Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Thank you for the question. The amendment sought to the appointment process is not a request to put our position on the same level as others. Currently, under the PSEA, the Public Service Employment Act, and the legislation which regulates my organization, you need the approval

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  The process of doing an audit, and the way we do the investigations, is very different from a judicial kind of proceeding in which you have rules of evidence and you have an open process and you have ways to assess that evidence. What you do in an audit and in these investigati

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  The numbers are not that large. We did a study and looked at the last 11 years, and about 243 had come in over 11 years.

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  It is with respect to the manner of working and the ability for staff to move. So it's the ability for public servants to move into these offices and be able to return to the public service. So we have used provisions under the old Pubic Service Employment Act to allow this. We w

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  That's a difficult question for me. It's true that I was involved in preparing the first bill, but now, I am not involved in any way. I think that it is a matter of opinion. Parliamentarians will have to make this decision. In my opinion, there is a real problem because there is

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  This is included in current legislation, as far as the commission goes. In my opinion, this is a good idea because this would give people doing the work the opportunity to speak to parliamentarians and see if things are operating the way they want them to.

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  No. In my opinion, there is a change regarding people coming from a minister's office, and I agree with that. My suggestions are improvements. I am suggesting that a parallel approach be adopted for all offices providing support to Parliament. The other changes are somewhat tech

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Our goal is to have an impartial public service. We conducted a study in order to identify how many individuals had used this priority of appointment. The number is not very high: approximately 25 to 40 individuals per year at most. The ministers' offices provided this informati

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Yes. The wording we're proposing is the same wording as is in the bill. When the Auditor General was here, she clearly was speaking about audits. But the investigators have the same issue. The application of this provision to the Privacy Commissioner, the Information Commissioner

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Mr. Chairman, thank you for the invitation to appear before your committee on Bill C-2. I'm accompanied by Mr. Gaston Arseneault, General Counsel for the Public Service Commission. The Commission is a unique organization. Independent of ministerial direction, we report to Par