Information & Ethics committee  We might. We don't know how quickly we're going to be able to staff. We don't know how many inquiries we're going to have. That's the biggest imponderable.

Information & Ethics committee  We haven't budgeted for a specific number. We've picked a reasonable number based on previous expectations.

Information & Ethics committee  I really don't know. There's no way I can tell, because it's up to MPs and--

Information & Ethics committee  No.

Information & Ethics committee  No, I have no way of knowing. All I can--

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, my guess would be three or four, but I don't know.

Information & Ethics committee  I might, but I might not. It might be that they can be handled by my legal branch, by my advisors, and if it doesn't involve travel.... If all of a sudden I had an inquiry that involved a whole bunch of travel out to B.C. all the time or something, it might mount up.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes. I see no reason why not.

Information & Ethics committee  Generally, I have the authority to make an opinion I have given someone public. I can include anything on the Website with a view to giving opinions. As I said, the problem regarding members is that I need approval from the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs befor

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, I can.

Information & Ethics committee  No, because that does not come under my authority.

Information & Ethics committee  I haven't had enough inquiries to tell you that, but it's apparent to me that they probably need two to three months at an absolute minimum.

Information & Ethics committee  It's really very difficult to say because I have not issued any reports yet of inquiries that I've been asked to undertake. So I really haven't gotten enough to say. If you look at the previous administrations, not all that many inquiries and examinations took place. So the jury

Information & Ethics committee  I would say in the order of two to three months, perhaps.

Information & Ethics committee  Every inquiry is extremely different. Some are relatively easy; some are relatively complex. Some involve a lot of digging to get the facts; for some you have the facts right off the top. Some are very complex in the legal assessment and others are not that complex. They're very