Information & Ethics committee  That's a question that would take a long time to answer. We're trying to cap off those activities specifically with a different event, or a publication this year just to mark a pause and try to look back and see what we've done. So there are different activities or publications f

Information & Ethics committee  Yes. We track these very carefully on a monthly, and indeed a weekly basis. Could I refer the rest of this question to the assistant commissioner who oversees the complaint process? Thank you.

Information & Ethics committee  Could I again refer this to the assistant commissioner who is supervising this process too?

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, I think we're always in a reactive mode. I think that's the nature of the world. There are creative entrepreneurs out there who come up with new inventions, and the rest of society adapts to that. Certainly, the legal system has always been behind changing reality, and that

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you for the question. Just to put it in context, honourable member, the office has been in the same building in downtown Ottawa, not far from here, for almost its whole existence. This building is being renovated, therefore we were told we had to vacate the premises. At th

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, we are.

Information & Ethics committee  The other officers in the building are Elections Canada—it has the largest space—the Information Commissioner, and the Commissioner of Official Languages.

Information & Ethics committee  No, I don't think so because we would raise that consistently because that's our job. We cannot share things to the extent that the personal information of Canadians is compromised. Those are some of the discussions that Daniel Nadeau has with his counterparts.

Information & Ethics committee  We're working very hard to try to provide countervailing trends to these cuts, notably the modernization of process of both investigation operations to put the emphasis on early resolution— between 20% to 25% of our complaints are now early resolved—as well as other measures to o

Information & Ethics committee  I think Canadians overall would be better served by that, the exact granular implication of that has yet to be seen. Sometimes organizations with greater powers meet with greater resistance at some point; that is a possibility. The problem I have noticed is that I think the lac

Information & Ethics committee  Do you mean for both acts? This is the last time I'll be here for main estimates. This committee did quite a comprehensive report a couple of years ago. I think that report is still relevant. I would add to that the issue of some measures of data breach for the Privacy Act. Many

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you very much, honourable member. I think that generally the issue of the slowness of legislative reform in comparison with the pace of change in the world in which personal information is used has created a great challenge for my office. As I have suggested, in the fut

Information & Ethics committee  I do, and that's why I'm recommending it.

Information & Ethics committee  I will refer this to the director of corporate services. I don't really know.

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you kindly, Mr. Chair. Good afternoon, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. It's a pleasure to be here today once again to discuss our office's main estimates for this coming fiscal year. Joining me today are assistant commissioner Chantal Bernier, who as you know is i