Procedure and House Affairs committee  There are two flavours to your question. I'm going to try to deal with both of them. There were many times—on one side of your question you talked about advising to disclose—where notionally under, let's say, ATIP we had an available exemption for which a plausible argument coul

Procedure and House Affairs committee  As I said, Mr. Chair, thank you to all members. I guess I have to say I'm excited about the prospect of being given the opportunity to serve this House and its members. If you want me back, you know where I live.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  We will suspend for two minutes while we change witnesses and move on to the second part of our meeting today.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It fully applied at the NCC. There was an area that was carved out of the application of ATIP in the context of AECL, for obvious reasons.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  It had to do with some of the sensitivity of the materials that AECL deals with.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I appreciate that. I guess my response is this. As I said, I'm not going to pretend that I have experience I don't have. I've offered you the kinds of experience that I do have. That's the closest touch point to the kind of thing you're talking about. What I can offer you is th

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I think what you're asking is...it's the essential role of what the lawyer does for the client always. I've had many times, within private practice and in public practice, where the clients didn't want to hear what I was telling them. It goes back to that opening rule that I stat

Procedure and House Affairs committee  My understanding is that they do. I have reached out to the association that represents that group. I'll be meeting with all my colleagues and peers in Edmonton in September, for a couple of reasons, frankly: to build that network with them and to learn what I can from them. Ther

Procedure and House Affairs committee  If you're talking about the politically charged environment, I'm not going to make equivalent the experience I had, for example, working at the National Capital Commission. There are several different quantum steps between the two; nevertheless, there were issues that polarized t

Procedure and House Affairs committee  The team breaks down into two distinct functions: we have what I'll call the legal side of the team and the legislative support side of the team. I'm sure you have dealt with Richard Denis, the deputy law clerk. Amongst the other lawyers, we have Steve Chaplin, Catherine Beaudo

Procedure and House Affairs committee  You've touched on an important area. I will say this is my eleventh day in the role. I haven't yet developed the level of mastery of the nuances of constitutional and parliamentary law that I need for this role. What I'm sensitive to and what I'm alive to is that there are domain

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, and honourable members. You have a copy of my statement, but I would like to present it. Thank you for inviting me to appear before you to discuss my competencies and qualifications to perform the duties of the Law Clerk and Parliamentary Counsel. Before