Information & Ethics committee  Our categorization is based on request subject only.

Information & Ethics committee  Best practices were distributed to all access to information offices a few months ago, I believe. One of these practices states that the ATIP offices may inform ministers' offices.

Information & Ethics committee  I do not recall whether or not that existed in the policies or guidelines. Mr. Chair, if you'd like, I have Donald Lemieux here from the policy side of the information and privacy section. He could respond to that part. I'm more operations.

Information & Ethics committee  If they submitted a request for access to information?

Information & Ethics committee  Personally, I think that that would be difficult to arrange, on a weekly basis.

Information & Ethics committee  I cannot speak to that because I don't do that within my department.

Information & Ethics committee  It would not be because the issue might embarrass the government, but rather because the Speaker might have to answer some questions in the House. I would therefore designate this type of request as “high visibility”, so that information is available just before the information i

Information & Ethics committee  It is to help prepare question period, but it is also so that he can answer questions from the media, in case they call him once the information has been made public.

Information & Ethics committee  I am very objective. Every request is processed in accordance with the law...

Information & Ethics committee  All I do is identify requests that are “high visibility”, that may attract attention. That being said, it is the communications directorate that decides whether information should be prepared in advance. But that is not my responsibility.

Information & Ethics committee  Okay.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes. I'll go through my director of parliamentary affairs for that.

Information & Ethics committee  We've never been graded.

Information & Ethics committee  It's the same for us--no weekly meetings with issues management.

Information & Ethics committee  I think it was the best career choice I have ever made. It's opened up a lot of doors, and it's all based on the way you handle it as a person.