Information & Ethics committee  It stands for Doctor Universitatis, which is an honoris causa doctorate that I received from Ottawa University after I retired. I don't like to use the PhD designation. It took me 32 years to get a doctorate degree—

Information & Ethics committee  I have some experience in falling out of favour with the ruling party, as Clerk of the House of Commons over the years that I occupied that post. Also, I have fallen out of favour with Her Majesty's loyal opposition from time to time. So I think it's a question of striking a bala

Information & Ethics committee  —and the university authorizes me to put DU after my name. That's it.

Information & Ethics committee  I have no difficulty in responding. I don't know Mr. Evans; I have never met Mr. Evans. I would say that my knowledge of ATI will be on a steep curve in terms of acquisition. But to refer to a former Clerk of the House as a government insider demonstrates that there is some learn

Information & Ethics committee  That being said, the principle is important. Apart from interacting with this committee and the executive, there is a whole community that believes in ATI and transparency. They see the difference it makes in their own constituencies. I will work very hard with any of the advoc

Information & Ethics committee  I take it as a given, Mr. Martin, that it is the starting point for this committee, since the report that was filed in September with the House requests that it be the starting point. I assume that the committee has already taken it as the basis of discussion, and so will I. I've

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you, Madam. I'll start by answering the first part of your question concerning the nomination process. In early September, when I wasn't interested in applying for the position, I saw a newspaper article containing a list of hypothetical candidates. Soon after, I left on a

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, I understand that, but you wanted to hear my comments on this matter. I received the call on November 17. As for the second part of your question, I realize full well that in its report, the committee requested a response from the government before Friday, December 15. I'v

Information & Ethics committee  I don't disagree. In 2002, I worked on the Delagrave Commission which also tabled a report to the House. My contribution was quite limited in that it was confined to parliamentary privilege. Therefore, there has been the work of the Delagrave Commission, various reports by commi

Information & Ethics committee  I think I telegraphed a little bit in my opening statement that I would like to begin discussions with the government as quickly as possible to see what common ground we could establish, and to deal with those issues where there is common ground from the commission's point of vie

Information & Ethics committee  I thank you for the question, Mr. Tilson. Through you, Mr. Chair, the statement I will make is that I will assess.... I have no predetermined plan for the commission. I don't assume that it absolutely requires one. In my experience in the privacy commission, and I don't mean to

Information & Ethics committee  That's a big challenge. I believe the commissioner, as part of his advocacy role, should do a complete assessment of Bill C-2 and publish, on his website, the perspective of the impact from the commissioner's point of view. I think it has to be done in concert with the executive

Information & Ethics committee  As a Canadian citizen, I more than welcome the process that's included in Bill C-2. As a potentially future information commissioner, I like the transparency. It will likely be subject to access to information, and therefore there would be more shared by the government in terms o

Information & Ethics committee  It came from the Privy Council Office, from the associate secretary of the cabinet on behalf of the Prime Minister.

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you, Mr. Martin, for your question. I'd like to thank the previous members for their kind comments, although I'm afraid I can't join them in some of the congratulations for the other side. To speak to your question, Mr. Martin, the process under the statute is that the