Information & Ethics committee  I think so. This issue isn't very clear, but the new commissioner will likely need to review certain aspects of the investigations. Actually, I don't know. I think my successor will want to hear directly from some of the witnesses. He or she will make the decision.

Information & Ethics committee  My first appointment was for seven years. That was a good length. Then I was reappointed for two, and then there was a new system instituted for appointments. I can make a few comments about the new system, I suppose. I find the requirement for the incumbent to apply a bit unusu

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, but you know when you consider it, anybody who is an interim appointment, whether it's me or some new person, is still an interim appointment under the same uncertainty. Interim appointments aren't great, but I recognize that they need to be made sometimes.

Information & Ethics committee  I don't think there's a budgetary issue there at all. I think the systems are in good shape and the budget is there, but every transition is a period of some confusion and getting used to people. When I came in, it took me a year or two to get the office in the shape I thought it

Information & Ethics committee  Who knows?

Information & Ethics committee  Well, I've said that I'd be willing to help in any way I can.

Information & Ethics committee  Which services?

Information & Ethics committee  The budget for that has gone down.

Information & Ethics committee  It happens very rarely. I had to go to Toronto once for an investigation. That said, we can usually do that kind of work here, in Ottawa.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes. We focused a lot on those issues and we are always making improvements. I cannot list all of them. My companion could talk about them a bit.

Information & Ethics committee  I don't know. I think I am doing a pretty good job, and I think that the work will continue to be well done. I have a very good team.

Information & Ethics committee  I have made many decisions. We record each of them, so we have accumulated plenty of precedents. Every individual will have new ideas, I assume, but I cannot know what they will be.

Information & Ethics committee  I hope so. I think that I have done a good job. We have Internet guides. All my annual reports also contain a lot of information on our procedures. I hope that the person who replaces me will learn about that. That is all I can tell you.

Information & Ethics committee  My appointment ends on July 8.

Information & Ethics committee  I haven't applied.