Ms. Jocelyne Sabourin at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On May 29th, 2007. See this statement in context.

May 29th, 2007 / 9:45 a.m.

Director, Access to Information and Privacy Protection Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade

I'll tell you two things.

First of all, it's absolutely unusual for an ATIP coordinator to come into a public forum to speak about specific ATIP requests. These are very protected, and it is the confidentiality that I'm very concerned with. The fact that Mr. Esau and Mr. Attaran have come to this committee and conveyed to you that they had made requests makes me a little bit more at ease in talking about these requests.

I usually speak frankly and openly with the Office of the Information Commissioner with these files, and as I said, I hope you understand that it is quite unusual for me to be in such a public forum to talk about very private--

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