Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  I think what's before you is our attempt to capture that in an amendment, but I'll turn to the lawyers, if need be, to explain how the provision would work.

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Mr. Chair, perhaps I could speak to the intent of the clause as it's currently drafted. We had in mind working off the existing registration system that, as my colleagues have pointed out, relates to lobbyist registration and to ensuring that the registry is verified. The onus w

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  The intention of this provision was to allow the commissioner to put a time limit on the period during which he'd receive information. Otherwise, he could ask for information, and the party asked could take forever to provide it. So it's to enhance his capacity to investigate.

Government Operations committee  My name is Daphne Meredith and I'm the assistant secretary of corporate priorities and planning at the secretariat.

Health committee  Madam Chair, thank you for the opportunity to speak to your committee. My name is Daphne Meredith. I am the Chief Human Resources Officer, and my organization supports Treasury Board in its role as the largest employer in the federal public service. I am here with Daniel Lavoie,

Health committee  Thank you for the question. We see engagement of the unions happening within departments because, as Mr. Lavoie said and as I mentioned in my opening remarks, it's deputy heads who have responsibility for the health and safety of their employees. They have an obligation to work

Health committee  To this point, departments are able to fund such training with the resources they have for their departments, so that's that. They're able to reallocate, if they need to, as circumstances arise. That's where we are right now. Obviously if the situation becomes extremely serious

Health committee  Thank you. With respect to federal employees, we're counselling deputy heads of organizations to deal with their health and safety responsibilities for their departments based on science, based on what science is telling us.

Health committee  As mentioned, all of the deputy heads, whether of the RCMP or Canada Border Services Agency or HRSDC, are responsible for engaging their employees on how any potential increase in sickness could affect their work. That kind of discussion will cover considerations of which service

Health committee  The guidance we're providing to our employees is, first of all, that we're assisting in providing for coherent guidance through—

Health committee  There's an advisory and there are also frequently asked questions and answers put out by Health Canada.

Health committee  That's where we take our guidance from. That's the relevant guidance we use for federal employees.

Health committee  Maybe I can answer that. I'm relatively new in my role, so I have been observing almost as a third party. I have sort of an independent perspective on how this planning is taking place. There's a lot of planning that's supporting departments across the government, and the deput

Government Operations committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. I am the Chief Human Resources Officer. With me is the Assistant Deputy Minister, Compensation and Labour Relations, Hélène Laurendeau. I am pleased to have this opportunity to talk about the public service, which is such a vitally important part of life

Government Operations committee  Madam Chair, I would be happy to start in terms of the pay system question. I would simply say that the government has committed to work on modernizing the pay system, as you've mentioned. It has dedicated resources to that. I would also say that there could well be the need fo