Information & Ethics committee  Yes, so far it has. I just have to say that most of our budget doesn't go to investigations and legal services. It's mostly for advisers, as that's about 40% of our complement. We have not had any issues from our budget in being able to respond to complaints.

Information & Ethics committee  Are we talking about the 2021-22 report or the 2023-24 report?

Information & Ethics committee  In the 2021–2022 report, there was only a surplus of $286,000, which represented 4% of the total. I have to say that last year, in 2023-24, there was a bigger surplus, because for 6 months there was no commissioner in place. So there were delays in staffing given that we didn't h

Information & Ethics committee  How it differs is that we don't have a minister who approves the main estimates that we propose. It comes here for approval. That's how it differs. We don't have a minister responsible for us. The Speaker acts as the minister for the office, but he or she does not approve them.

Information & Ethics committee  For us, it makes things a lot easier because we can manage our projects. The commissioner can decide what he wants to push forward. There's no one approving or disapproving the request we're making, or whatever the commissioner decides that his priorities are for the next year an

Information & Ethics committee  I'm the director of corporate management. I'm also the chief financial officer for the office. I've been in this role since June 2016. That's almost eight years now.

Information & Ethics committee  No, that's never happened before. Everything we ask for usually represents a small increase every year for economic increases and salary increments. It's the same case this year.

Information & Ethics committee  There was no requirement for additional human resources.

Information & Ethics committee  In terms of internal services, we're talking about human resources, financial services, information technology and information management. Also, some parts of communications and some parts of legal services offer internal services. We haven't had an increase at all in our opera

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, I can answer that question. We operate differently. Basically, the commissioner prepares the main estimates of what will be required for the expenses of the office for the next year. Then this is submitted to the Speaker for concurrence, and it's provided to the President o

Information & Ethics committee  No.

Information & Ethics committee  Well, we don't really have a need to carry it over. We also have a reserve of $100,000. We think that would be plenty to fulfill our mandate this year.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, that's right.

Information & Ethics committee  If I'm not mistaken, even if the individual is no longer a parliamentarian, we can still pursue the investigation.

Information & Ethics committee  As far as operations go, things can continue on without any issue. It's more the investigations and other things listed in the act that we can't—