Information & Ethics committee  No, there was not.

Information & Ethics committee  There was no formal government response, no.

Information & Ethics committee  I don't believe so.

Information & Ethics committee  No. They had two meetings and they discussed two funding submissions--one for the Office of the Privacy Commissioner and one for the Office of the Information Commissioner.

Information & Ethics committee  Mr. Chair, if I could, I would like to add a little bit of perspective to the two meetings that did take place, that the panel had to study the estimates. I want to make sure we're saying the same thing.

Information & Ethics committee  No. What I wanted to impress upon you, which, from a due diligence perspective, from the panel's perspective, and from that of the Treasury Board Secretariat, was that at these meetings there was a substantial discussion about one funding request, which is a small piece of the full, main estimates.

Information & Ethics committee  Mr. Chair and honourable members, I believe the only piece of information I would add on the U.K. model is that to my understanding, it really covered their equivalent of the office of the Auditor General. It didn't focus on a broader group of agents. Because of that slant, and because of different types of legislation that are governing the country, the model that was developed and that we're piloting right now is partially that model and partially in response to recommendations made by the report this committee provided a year or so ago, and, I believe, to pieces of recommendations from two other standing committees as well.