Information & Ethics Committee on May 12th, 2023

Evidence of meeting #71 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 privacy.

A video is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

Main Estimates 2023-24: Vote 1 under Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying, Vote 1 under Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner, Vote 1 under Office of the Senate Ethics Officer, Votes 1 and 5 under Offices of the Information and Privacy Commissioners of Canada

MPs speaking

John Brassard
Jacques Gourde
Greg Fergus
René Villemure
Damien Kurek
Matthew Green
Lisa Hepfner
Ya'ara Saks
Michael Barrett
Parm Bains

Also speaking

Philippe Dufresne  Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
Caroline Maynard  Information Commissioner, Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada
Nancy Bélanger  Commissioner of Lobbying, Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying
Sandy Tremblay  Director, Corporate Management, Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner
Melanie Rushworth  Director, Communications, Outreach and Planning, Office of the Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner

10:45 a.m.

Bloc

René Villemure Bloc Trois-Rivières, QC

Mr. Chair, I'd like an update on Ms. Fournier's documents.

10:45 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative John Brassard

All right.

I approved a notice at the beginning of the meeting, but the documents have arrived. I believe the clerk will be able to send them out at the end of the day.

That said, two of the documents can't be sent yet. The first is the event timeline, which Ms. Fournier wrote, but it will have to be translated. The second is related to an access to information request by the Globe and Mail—it's 160 pages long. We will receive both documents next week.

I mentioned to the clerk that, later this afternoon, he could distribute the other documents Ms. Fournier submitted to the committee, if the dates and content are accurate.

10:45 a.m.

Bloc

René Villemure Bloc Trois-Rivières, QC

Will we receive them at our usual email address?

10:45 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative John Brassard

Yes.

10:45 a.m.

Bloc

René Villemure Bloc Trois-Rivières, QC

Thank you.

10:45 a.m.

Conservative

The Chair Conservative John Brassard

Thank you to everyone. Have a great weekend.

The meeting is adjourned.