Mr. Speaker, I will ask him again, as I did last week. If he will share with me the postings, I will take them to the commission and have a look at them. Perhaps we can find a solution as we did last week to the four he raised.
Lost his last election, in 2006, with 41% of the vote.
Public Service of Canada February 9th, 2004
Mr. Speaker, I will ask him again, as I did last week. If he will share with me the postings, I will take them to the commission and have a look at them. Perhaps we can find a solution as we did last week to the four he raised.
Public Services February 9th, 2004
Again, Mr. Speaker, the government has no plans to privatize services. We are looking at all programs of government and we are entering into discussions with the employees and others, but we have no plans to privatize public services.
Public Services February 9th, 2004
Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for this question.
I would like to take advantage of this opportunity to say the government has no plans to privatize services. We are exploring a wide range of options. We have met with the unions. We have said that we will be including them in the process. We are going to look at every means possible to modernize the delivery of public services.
Government Contracts February 9th, 2004
Mr. Speaker, I would like to assure the member and all members of the House that the Prime Minister and the government takes the views of the Auditor General very seriously.
Out of respect for the Auditor General, we will wait until her report is made public tomorrow and then we will respond.
Public Service February 4th, 2004
Mr. Speaker, I am not certain what the question is that the member is trying to ask.
Let me be clear about this. The policy is intended to put some bounds around the number of applications that are processed for a certain job simply because the cost of processing is enormous, and if we widen the net, simply, there are too many people involved.
If the member would like additional information, I would be more than willing to meet with him and go through the policy with him.
Public Service February 4th, 2004
Mr. Speaker, I assume the member is referring to the regional hiring policies in the public service, which have been discussed at some length.
They are applied to lower levels in the public service because of the huge number of applications we get. It is enormously expensive to process this and it was an attempt to bring some balance to the process. It is a reasonable accommodation.
Regulations February 3rd, 2004
Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the member for Glengarry--Prescott--Russell for the work he has done on this file over the last few years as chair of the cabinet committee on regulations.
The work of that committee has been transferred to Treasury Board. In naming a parliamentary secretary to work with Treasury Board, the Prime Minister has given him special responsibility for smart regulations.
We indeed will be proceeding with this file and I will look for the member's involvement.
Supply February 2nd, 2004
Mr. Speaker, I move:
That this House consider the business of supply at its next sitting.
(Motion agreed to)
Privilege November 6th, 2003
Mr. Speaker, I have some additional information on this matter that just arrived in my office this morning. I wish to share it with the House.
I have a letter addressed to myself from Mr. George Radwanski in which he says the following:
I am writing to apologize to you and your Committee, and through you to Parliament as a whole, for mistakes that were made during my tenure as Privacy Commissioner of Canada.
It was never my wish to show any disrespect whatsoever for Parliament or any of the members. I have, on the contrary, the greatest respect for Parliament--not only for the institution, but for the individuals who comprise it. I have been a close observer of politics and government my whole adult life, and I know well the importance and the challenges of what Parliamentarians do.
I apologize sincerely and without reservation for anything and everything that may have given you and your colleagues cause to believe that I misled your Committee or showed insufficient respect.
I also want to take this opportunity to apologize, through you, to Parliament and to all Canadians for any errors in judgment with regard to administrative and financial matters. I deeply regret that these matters disappointed and offended so many people, including Members of Parliament, on whose behalf I was seeking to work to the very best of my abilities.
Clearly, in hindsight, there are things I wish I had done differently during my tenure as Privacy Commissioner. These past months have been a period of intense reflection, during which I have assessed the events of the past three years and sought the advice of others in order to fully learn from mistakes that were made and be able to do better in the future.
You may also be assured that I have already paid very dearly over these past four months for any and all errors in judgment I made in the exercise of my duties. There is no aspect of my life that hasn't suffered enormous, perhaps irreparable, blows.
It is very much my wish to be able to put these matters behind me--with some very painful lessons learned--to restore some semblance of normalcy in my life, and to continue trying as a private citizen to make a positive contribution in whatever ways may remain open to me.
Yours sincerely,
George Radwanski.
I wish to table this letter, Mr. Speaker.
Committees of the House October 2nd, 2003
Mr. Speaker, I have the honour to present, in both official languages, the seventh report of the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates regarding its order of reference of Friday, September 26, 2003, on Bill C-41, an act to amend certain acts. The committee has considered Bill C-41 and reports the bill without amendment.