I am informed by the Privy Council Office and Industry Canada as follows:
(a) Effective April 1, 2000, the salary range for the ethics counsellor is $145,000 to $170,700.
(b) The ethics counsellor is subject to the terms and conditions of employment in the executive group in the public service.
(c) The ethics counsellor serves for an indeterminate period of time.
(d) The office of the ethics counsellor's total operating budget for the year 2001-02 is $1,965,893 of which $1,683,515 is for salaries and $282,378 is for general operating expenditures.