Information & Ethics Committee on April 14th, 2016

Evidence of meeting #8 for Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was agreement.

A video is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Transfer of Information to the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Committee Business

MPs speaking

Nathaniel Erskine-Smith

Raj Saini

Pat Kelly

Also speaking

Marie-Claude Juneau Director, Access to Information and Privacy, Canada Revenue Agency

Ted Gallivan Assistant Commissioner, International, Large Business and Investigating Branch, Canada Revenue Agency

Daniel Therrien Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada

10:45 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Blaine Calkins

Yes, sorry; that's true. I'm trying to do four things here at once, colleagues. Bear with me.

The other thing that I'll advise you is that if we're going to do this, then we need to provide time and instructions to our analysts so they can prepare an interim report. If we were to reschedule the workload, I'd suggest to you that if we met until the 7th or 9th, we would probably exhaust our witness list anyway and we would be looking at a final report. We would probably be much closer to a final report than an interim report.

That's my opinion. I don't know if that will be the case.

10:45 a.m.

Liberal

Nathaniel Erskine-Smith Liberal Beaches—East York, ON

That's why I say I would aim for a final report, but if we determine at the time that it's to be an interim report so that we can provide something to the minister, so be it. I think the goal should be to have a comprehensive report.

10:45 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Blaine Calkins

We have a motion on the floor. We're running out of time, colleagues. I don't want to drop the gavel and end the meeting.

10:45 a.m.

Liberal

Nathaniel Erskine-Smith Liberal Beaches—East York, ON

Let's have a vote.

10:45 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Blaine Calkins

Do you want to vote on it, or shall we meet as a subcommittee and come back with a proposal?

10:45 a.m.

Liberal

Nathaniel Erskine-Smith Liberal Beaches—East York, ON

I think we should vote on it now, given the short time and given we have to get going on this matter.

10:45 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Blaine Calkins

To be clear what we're voting on, we're voting on an actual motion to change the work schedule rather than to meet as a subcommittee. The motion is that we suspend the study of the Privacy Act Review and we dedicate all future meetings until the end of June to the Information Act review.

Are we clear on what we're voting on?

10:45 a.m.

Some voices

Yes.

10:45 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative Blaine Calkins

(Motion agreed to)

Colleagues, we have to go. I will look forward to seeing you.

The meeting is adjourned.