Public Accounts committee Mr. Chairman, if you might allow me, as a result of the alleged leaks and out of our concern about this issue, we've developed quite a detailed protocol we are using with the Auditor General's office in dealing with the discipline around our dealings with her office on the reports, as well as how we deal with any internal discussion of the contents of the reports.
February 5th, 2007Committee meeting
Daphne Meredith
Public Accounts committee Mr. Chairman, I can certainly answer for our department. We now have very strict procedures around any discussion of Auditor General reports. We prevent anybody who's dealing with information in the reports from using the e-mail system to record even their thoughts on it. We keep any documents from the Auditor General's office very restricted in number, and we keep them in a secure area.
February 5th, 2007Committee meeting
Daphne Meredith
Public Accounts committee He could find no evidence of a leak coming from our department.
February 5th, 2007Committee meeting
Daphne Meredith
Public Accounts committee Following the May 11 leak, I think, on the firearms chapter, we were asked by the OAG to conduct an investigation.
February 5th, 2007Committee meeting
Daphne Meredith
Public Accounts committee We had our special investigative unit track down the chapters, ensure that we could restore the copies, and actually check the text of the report in the newspaper against facts in the chapter. We had our expert team on it.
February 5th, 2007Committee meeting
Daphne Meredith
Public Accounts committee They did actually interview those who had received copies of the chapter.
February 5th, 2007Committee meeting
Daphne Meredith
Public Accounts committee That's my understanding, yes.
February 5th, 2007Committee meeting
Daphne Meredith
Public Accounts committee We also had a complete review of our administrative practices regarding the—
February 5th, 2007Committee meeting
Daphne Meredith
Public Accounts committee Mr. Chairman, is the member's question about the quality of the investigation that we do in the department?
February 5th, 2007Committee meeting
Daphne Meredith
Public Accounts committee We did that, we restored the chapters, and we checked, as these investigators do. I should add that the investigator on the case is a retired RCMP officer who has certification in fraud investigation. He took the measures he thought necessary to check the leak.
February 5th, 2007Committee meeting
Daphne Meredith
Public Accounts committee We relied on our staff. As I mentioned, he is qualified in this area, and he is certainly qualified to do a good investigation.
February 5th, 2007Committee meeting
Daphne Meredith