Information & Ethics Committee on March 18th, 2013

Evidence of meeting #70 for Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was reporting.

A video is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Statutory Review of the Conflict of Interest Act

Committee Business

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Adam Dodek Professor, Common Law Section, University of Ottawa

Mary Dawson Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner

Nancy Bélanger General Counsel, Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner

5:15 p.m.

Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner

Mary Dawson

I certainly have a number of recommendations—

5:15 p.m.

NDP

The Chair NDP Pierre-Luc Dusseault

You have a minute and thirty seconds to reply.

5:15 p.m.

Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner

Mary Dawson

Okay.

My recommendations are in my report, and there are a number of definitions that I thought were problematic. I can't remember if they were too broad, too narrow, or what, but—

5:15 p.m.

Conservative

John Carmichael Conservative Don Valley West, ON

They're in there.

5:15 p.m.

Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner

Mary Dawson

—they're in there.

5:15 p.m.

Conservative

John Carmichael Conservative Don Valley West, ON

Terrific.

Thank you very much.

5:15 p.m.

NDP

The Chair NDP Pierre-Luc Dusseault

Very well. This concludes all of the testimony regarding this review.

I thank you once again for being here with us, and for having discussed everything that has been said since your last appearance before this committee.

We are going to suspend the meeting for a few moments, and then we will return to discuss another item on the agenda.

Did you have a point of order, Mr. Warkentin?

5:15 p.m.

Conservative

Chris Warkentin Conservative Peace River, AB

I want to ensure we're moving in camera for that committee business. We need to go over a number of things that relate to future planning as well.

5:15 p.m.

NDP

The Chair NDP Pierre-Luc Dusseault

The agenda did not mention sitting in camera, but if you want to introduce a motion, we can always do that.

5:15 p.m.

Conservative

Chris Warkentin Conservative Peace River, AB

I'll make a motion to do that.

5:15 p.m.

NDP

The Chair NDP Pierre-Luc Dusseault

There is a motion before the committee asking that we continue the hearing in camera.

Since a recorded vote has been requested, I am going to let the clerk hold the vote.

(Motion agreed to: yeas, 6; nays, 4)

5:20 p.m.

NDP

The Chair NDP Pierre-Luc Dusseault

We are going to suspend the meeting for a minute or two before we continue in camera.

[Proceedings continue in camera]