Official Languages committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I can confirm that official languages are an inherent part of daily activities at Treasury Board. When we were preparing our meeting today with the minister, things took place entirely in French.

Government Operations committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. Thank you for inviting me here today as part of the committee's important legislative review of the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Act. As you may know, this act is an important part of the Government of Canada's integrity framework and

Government Operations committee  Thank you for the question. If there's a wrongdoing found, I know that sometimes the commissioner can make some suggestions for where to look for discipline, but it's up to the deputy head. The deputy heads at my level are accountable in the public service for discipline and for

Government Operations committee  I read it with great interest, but I came down on the side that right now an employee has a lot of choice in the channels that he or she picks for dealing with wrongdoing. Some employees feel quite comfortable and would like to disclose wrongdoing within their own organization to

Government Operations committee  I'd be open to looking at whatever the committee recommends. As the chief human resources officer, I have the values and ethics code. We work with the departments very closely. We make sure they have their own code of conduct. We make sure they have a senior disclosures person th

Government Operations committee  You're talking about the act? As the chief human resources officer, I have the code. I'm responsible for all the people management, human resource codes.

Government Operations committee  Right.

Government Operations committee  I'll tell you what we do. Can it be improved? Of course. What we do is we have an annual report that we collect. All the departments have to put in a report to us every year. I have the code. I make sure that every department has the right sort of structure in place, including a

Government Operations committee  No, no.

Government Operations committee  We actually do the surveys.

Government Operations committee  We administer the triennial surveys.

Government Operations committee  Which ones are you referring to?

Government Operations committee  Right.

Government Operations committee  I'll explain what we do. When the departments put up their own code, they don't just put it up. There are engagement processes that they do with employees.

Government Operations committee  We do. We check in. We have monthly meetings with them. There are best practices shared. In many cases, if somebody is doing an integrity week as a theme, we suggest it to other departments. You actually heard from some of the best practices, Health Canada and the Public Health