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  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  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.

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

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  There is a confusion in terms of what is the size of the public service. There are many different numbers. It depends upon the definition you put to it.

Government Operations committee  What we're including in that number is the number of full-time and term employees. We include casuals as well. So it's all the people who are employed, but in the core public service. We're distinguishing between the core—and that essentially is those employees who fall under the

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  The case of the Canadian Space Agency is a serious one. We developed a process to determine whether or not organizations are ready to receive the new authority, which gives agencies and departments more powers. The preliminary results of our audit showed that the CSA did not co

Government Operations committee  We have revoked appointments in other situations. By way of its new approach, the PSC has strengthened its decision-making process. A decision concerning the Privacy Commissioner is one good example. We had imposed conditions and rescinded authorities. At the time, this committee

Government Operations committee  Most members of this committee know that I was at the Office of the Auditor General before taking up my position here at the Public Service Commission. Neither the human resources planning framework nor the financial planning framework is very solid, and we would like to integra