I'll return to (b):
(b) a list of which visa offices currently use advanced analytics to triage applications and which application they are used for; (c) a list of how many different advanced analytics triage models there are and which visa offices use which model; (d) any quality assurance reports for each advanced analytics model that is being used by a visa office; (e) the current instructions to decision makers regarding the implementation of the advanced analytics pilot model for any processing centers that use advanced analytics; (f) any training manuals or reviews regarding Watch Tower and a list of all priority flags that have been used in Chinook; (g) Chinook+ and GCMS Chinook user manuals; (h) all training manuals and documents prepared and used in training IRCC staff on the use of Chinook; (i) all contracts IRCC holds with Deloitte & Touche Llp, Accenture Inc, and McKinsey regarding artificial intelligence, digital platform modernization, Chinook, and the digital services response project; (j) privacy analysis conducted with respect to Chinook; (k) contracts between IRCC and ApplyBoard and between IRCC and ApplyProof since 2015; (l) project launch, terms of reference and roadmap documents for 'The Service Transformation Strategy and Roadmap'; 'The IM/IT Strategy & Roadmap Project'; TDSS' "Innovation Strategy"; (m) IRCC Policy Playbook on Automated Support for Decision-Making (All editions); (n) any additional programming information and instructions used for advanced analytics systems; (o) the raw and complete responses that IRCC employees provided to Pollara Strategic Insights for the Anti-Racism Study; (p) the current and historical processing times for each visa office and category, from 2015 until now; (q) the course content and materials used for any anti-racism training or information sessions conducted for IRCC employees; and (r) all materials produced for the IRCC Digital Transformation Interdepartmental Advisory Committee (DMA Level); and, that the said material be delivered to the committee within 40 days, along with any proposed redactions; versions of the documents with the proposed redactions shall be published on the committee's website within 10 days of receipt; the committee shall issue a press release highlighting the publication of these documents, and unredacted documents shall be distributed to committee members within the same time frame; the documents in redacted and unredacted forms shall be shared with the Parliamentary Law Clerk, who will then be invited to meet with the committee in camera to advise on the appropriateness of the proposed redactions; and, the committee may then make determinations as to whether to publish all, some, or none of the redacted documents.
Madam Chair, I want to emphasize that the list of things I'm asking for is not my own list. I reached out to the witnesses who had come to us and raised concerns about transparency issues, and I simply encouraged them to tell me what information they would need in order to be able to do their work in a more transparent way.
Members may have concerns with one or two of the letter items, and certainly we can amend the motion, but we had many witnesses tell us that there were concerns about transparency and access to information, so I asked them what information they needed, and they provided me with a list.
I am now coming back to the committee to ask us to use our powers as a committee to do something concrete, which is address the transparency challenges, gather this information, give the government the unfettered opportunity to redact where they think appropriate, publish the unredacted documents and then be able to review the redacted documents ourselves to assess the appropriateness of those redactions.
I think that's a reasonable procedure that tries to respond to a very real issue raised by witnesses. I hope this motion will have the support of colleagues.
Thank you.