Information & Ethics committee  We've done everything we can. To access one cost-saving measure, we could have all our investigations virtually in the office. We have an internal system set up now whereby we can, not televise them, but do them electronically. The reserve would be in the event that we should hav

Information & Ethics committee  Mr. Chair and honourable members of the committee, I thank you for inviting me to appear before you today as the committee considers my office's budgetary submission for the 2017-18 Main Estimates. As you mentioned, I am accompanied today by Sandy Tremblay, Director of Corporate

Information & Ethics committee  No, I'm not suggesting that. Others have suggested that.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes.

Information & Ethics committee  Right.

Information & Ethics committee  No, it doesn't only...it may also apply quite frequently if you haven't had a screen put up. The screen is a mechanism to avoid problems. We could go very well having no screens. It's better to have them because I think you avoid a problem. If we had no screens, all those things

Information & Ethics committee  Everything is under the same parameters.

Information & Ethics committee  She has set up extensive screens, which are publicly available on our website.

Information & Ethics committee  That's a decision she and her boss make.

Information & Ethics committee  I have.

Information & Ethics committee  Right.

Information & Ethics committee  Lots. Lots.

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you very much.

Information & Ethics committee  It's really quite simple. I'm just trying to prevent problems from arising in a selective way.

Information & Ethics committee  We rely on the honesty of people and the person who's designated. Usually it's in a deputy minister's office, or a chief of staff, or somebody if it's the minister, or it's somebody who is in the office that's designated as the person to whom everything goes. That person does not