Information & Ethics committee  No, most of them are the same. There are a few additional ones.

Information & Ethics committee  We're talking about the accountability guide, are we?

Information & Ethics committee  Oh, his mandate letters; I'm sorry. No, I don't know about these.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, they ask, “Can I receive this gift?” or “Can I take that outside activity?” or “Can I do this, that, and the other thing?”

Information & Ethics committee  In my whole office?

Information & Ethics committee  There are 50 in my office. The compliance unit is 18 people.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes.

Information & Ethics committee  All right. The 2,000 annual requests, plus the initial disclosure of documentation and putting it on the website and all that, that's the compliance unit; that's 18 people. I hate to use the term “investigations” because people are confused by that term, but when the examinations

Information & Ethics committee  They look after the various corporate activities that have to be looked after. Then there's another group.

Information & Ethics committee  Oh, my office. How could I forget them? We manage stuff.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes.

Information & Ethics committee  That's only incidental work, in a sense. Their main work is working on how people are going to comply with the act with their initial compliance submissions. That usually takes months—or not usually, but very frequently. If there are people who own a lot of property or something

Information & Ethics committee  When you consider that the annual reviews happen every year, that is continuous.

Information & Ethics committee  There are bumps when there's an election. As a matter of fact, we took on several part-timers to deal with that bump. It is not only the people elected but the ministerial offices and everything, and the staff. I was intrigued to notice a year or two into my mandate that the mi

Information & Ethics committee  I have many recommendations. I have produced two reports—one on the code and one on the act—three or four years ago. Changes have actually been made to the code, but no amendments have been made to the act so far.