Evidence of meeting #22 for Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics in the 44th Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was requests.
A recording is available from Parliament.
12:50 p.m.
Conservative
Damien Kurek Conservative Battle River—Crowfoot, AB
Thank you, Commissioner.
If I could, do you have any numbers regarding statistics for the tenure of ATIP officers across government? If not, is that something that you'd be able to table with the committee?
12:50 p.m.
Information Commissioner, Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada
Are you asking me?
12:50 p.m.
Conservative
Damien Kurek Conservative Battle River—Crowfoot, AB
I'm sorry. It's kind of been jumping around here, but yes, I'm asking you.
12:50 p.m.
Information Commissioner, Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada
I'm sorry.
I know it's seven years under the legislation for our term of appointment. I think most of the commissioners had a few extra years, but I can come back to you with the actual numbers from each commissioner in the past.
12:50 p.m.
Conservative
Damien Kurek Conservative Battle River—Crowfoot, AB
I'm sorry. In the midst of the confusion.... I'm more interested in the tenures of ATIP officers within departments, not so much the—
12:50 p.m.
Information Commissioner, Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada
That's not something I would know. I know there's a big turnaround. Maybe TBS would have some statistics on that.
12:50 p.m.
Conservative
The Chair Conservative Pat Kelly
In going once around, I have another speaker.
Go ahead, Ms. Khalid. I think that will probably be the end of it. We're just about out of time.
Go ahead, Ms. Khalid, with the last word.
12:50 p.m.
Liberal
Iqra Khalid Liberal Mississauga—Erin Mills, ON
Thanks, Chair.
I was just wondering if the commissioner is able to provide us information as to how many members of Parliament over the past six years have requested FOIs and if that's information they can provide to the committee.
12:55 p.m.
Information Commissioner, Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada
I would not be able to tell you. We don't keep those. We just have general statistics on whether it's a member of the public or journalists. I can give you those statistics, but I don't think they are specific to members of Parliament.
12:55 p.m.
Liberal