Government Operations committee  It has not really changed. As I said last night before the Senate in committee of the whole, I have see the entire workload. There are all sorts of files. There are small files, large files, files to do with human resources, financial files, etc. There is a range of behaviours an

Government Operations committee  When it comes to the legal aspect, we are not the only option. In every department, there is a senior officer appointed by the deputy minister to handle these cases. When individuals want to disclose what they consider to be wrongdoing, an act that they witnessed, they can disclo

Government Operations committee  That period of my career was a total of 18 months. I think it's important to understand that it was only 18 months. I think I carried out two projects under the aegis of the Sussex Circle. They were two short-term projects of ten days each with two clients. Of course I have to

Government Operations committee  Off the top—I did not do an analysis whatsoever—I would say it would be 10%.

Government Operations committee  I'm very concerned with the fact that in several files I had the distinct impression that somebody was able to evade the situation simply by taking their retirement, by leaving the public sector. In one case we even had a person who went to a satellite, publicly funded organizat

Government Operations committee  Yes.

Government Operations committee  Their view, and I understand their view and respect their view, is that unless you're an “outsider”--i.e., somebody who has never worked in the public sector--there is a risk that you will not be objective, that you will tend to favour former colleagues or friends. That's it in

Government Operations committee  And you can take preventative steps, and you can understand the psychology much more than can somebody who comes from outside.

Government Operations committee  I'm not planning any further structural changes at this time, because I think the organization needed and still needs some stability. So unless there is a reason.... There will be changes in the future, obviously, but none that are required at this point in time. I think we're me

Government Operations committee  When I was appointed interim commissioner, I always used the analogy of how the house was on fire so I focused on extinguishing the fire. I didn't think much about the world and the neighbourhood and so on. If I am appointed in a permanent fashion.... There was some work done at

Government Operations committee  I think there will be room to do that, there's no question.

Government Operations committee  We've done focus groups recently, and it's clear that 80% of public servants do not even know we exist. So ten years from now, I would like to make sure that the vast majority of public servants are aware that we exist and aware of what we can do and of what the act can do for th

Government Operations committee  I am focusing on having greater transparency than there has been in the past. Earlier, I mentioned that we will adopt a series of policies. We will explain how we reach our decisions. For example, the legislation provides that the commissioner may refuse certain claims, in certai

Government Operations committee  There were seven investigations in the beginning. Mr. Boulerice talked about the seven investigations under my predecessor. Today, there are 35. I am not so reluctant to conduct investigations. I am less reluctant now because we are sufficiently staffed; we have doubled in size.

Government Operations committee  There are still two positions for a total of 37.