Information & Ethics committee  In terms of the member's question, under the act, it is a criminal offence. The act requires that if I consider there to be reasonable grounds, I must send the RCMP...

Information & Ethics committee  Yes.

Information & Ethics committee  Excuse me, Ms. Freeman, but sometimes it is easier for me to express myself in English. On the first question, concerning the powers, the difference in this act is that now the act states that I have the power to conduct investigations or examine offences under the act and the L

Information & Ethics committee  Mr. Chair, would the member like me to address the first point, in terms of the reduction of the number of lobbyists or...?

Information & Ethics committee  The act is coming up for review in another year.

Information & Ethics committee  They're on the website: one is Mr. Mark Brosens, who was in the minister's office, and Monsieur Guy Bujold, who had been the former president of the Space Agency.

Information & Ethics committee  Mr. Member, to answer the question, what I said to the other member, I meant it. In terms of granting exemptions it's very much that. There will be exceptional circumstances. I very much respect what Parliament passed in terms of wanting to avoid the revolving door and to ensure

Information & Ethics committee  With the new changes to the act, there are more disclosure requirements regarding offices held and whether these people had been what we now call public office-holders. Moreover, the communication entries are showing which of those individuals, if any, are meeting with public off

Information & Ethics committee  Sorry?

Information & Ethics committee  The regulations specifically mentioned oral and arranged meetings. If you were to bump into a member at the gym, an initial registration might be required if it's about a registerable activity. To just bump into someone, that would be oral, the individual would be paid, but the a

Information & Ethics committee  In terms of education purposes, one of the requirements for filing a monthly return is just that, if the individual communicates with a designated public officer-holder. But there are also other reasons why a person may file a monthly communication, such as new information, he or

Information & Ethics committee  If I'm understanding the question--

Information & Ethics committee  The act specifically covers those individuals who are lobbying public office-holders. If these individuals that are being lobbied are not public office-holders, then those meetings would not be covered, Mr. Chair.

Information & Ethics committee  A lot of information is available on our website. But we do respond to requests for presentations. Pierre can speak even more.... Just recently he's been in discussions with those who were lobbying and wanted additional clarification. I recently sent out 21 letters to most lobby

Information & Ethics committee  The letters were my opportunity to speak to public officer-holders. I'm planning to offer that to the respective leaders as well. But in terms of the lobbyists, one of the things we've done recently...for anybody searching our website, we did a survey of the information availabl