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National Defence committee We reduced it by 70%, or close to that, and the quality has not been affected. Actually, the 45:55 ratio has not been affected by it. The deferrals of the Chief of the Defence Staff, so far as we've received his decisions on these cases so far, have not changed. They're seeing th
February 9th, 2011Committee meeting
Bruno Hamel
National Defence committee Mr. Chair, the genesis of the pilot project is a consequence of a working group that was initiated by the Canadian Forces and on which we were invited as experts. We had the Lamer report's concerns on the timeliness issue and we were looking at how we could make it better. Also,
February 9th, 2011Committee meeting
Bruno Hamel
National Defence committee Absolutely. They are Recommendations 85, 86 and 87 of Chief Justice Lamer's Report.
February 9th, 2011Committee meeting
Bruno Hamel
National Defence committee It's approximately $6.4 million.
February 9th, 2011Committee meeting
Bruno Hamel
National Defence committee They are four part-time members.
February 9th, 2011Committee meeting
Bruno Hamel
National Defence committee We have a business infrastructure because with institutional independence, come all the obligations. Our board has the same obligations. Although our agency is small, it has the same obligations toward the central agencies as the Department of National Defence. Half the board's s
February 9th, 2011Committee meeting
Bruno Hamel
National Defence committee In fact, the member issues his instructions, his directives, and then the writing as such is done in accordance with the internal, legal review process, and so on.
February 9th, 2011Committee meeting
Bruno Hamel
National Defence committee Currently the six board members all have, to some degree, previous military experience.
February 9th, 2011Committee meeting
Bruno Hamel
National Defence committee Yes, it was in uniform.
February 9th, 2011Committee meeting
Bruno Hamel
National Defence committee Mr. Chair, I would say it's a combination of both. You will have some members who will retire in order to be appointed. You have to understand the process by which the Governor in Council puts offers of employment on the Governor in Council's website. The criteria are there. If
February 9th, 2011Committee meeting
Bruno Hamel
National Defence committee Mr. Chairman, this is an issue we raised outside of the Lamer report, and it is pursuant to some activities the board is performing. We noted that in correspondence sent to the board, we were looked at as belonging to the Canadian Forces. The name “Canadian Forces” Grievance Boar
February 9th, 2011Committee meeting
Bruno Hamel
National Defence committee The concern was that from the main perspective, we were a part of the organization.
February 9th, 2011Committee meeting
Bruno Hamel
National Defence committee Thank you for your question. That is indeed a possibility. I also note that, when the minister appeared on Monday, he said he was open to recommendations from this committee. My role is to tell you that three of those concern the board's operations, without affecting its mandat
February 9th, 2011Committee meeting
Bruno Hamel
National Defence committee That's the position the board has always defended. The board's powers are set out in the National Defence Act. There is a section in that act on the obligation to file an annual report. The terms and conditions respecting board members are also set out in the National Defence Act
February 9th, 2011Committee meeting
Bruno Hamel
National Defence committee The board always has a concern to inform decision-makers about problems on a proactive basis. In other words, why wait until a problem is raised through a grievance when it is possible to solve it upstream and nip the problem in the bud? It may be a recent problem concerning relo
February 9th, 2011Committee meeting
Bruno Hamel