Information & Ethics committee  Similarly, I think one also has to be mindful that if the government were ultimately to open or broaden the scope of the act and at the same time make a number of other changes, one of the reasons that it's difficult now to assess what the impact would be is that it depends on wh

Information & Ethics committee  That's a very good question.

Information & Ethics committee  One thing to keep in mind is that the Department of Justice a few years ago decided to forgo a number of the fees that are currently provided for reproduction purposes or for providing information on CDs. So really our only fees are tied to the $5 fee. Even in that circumstance,

Information & Ethics committee  Ms. Farley might wish to add something to what I've stated. Ms. Farley, as director, has full delegation in administrative matters from the minister. Within this framework, she can make all day-to-day decisions in a completely objective and independent manner. Although she is par

Information & Ethics committee  Good morning, Mr. Chair and members of the committee. We're pleased to appear before the committee today to explain how the Department of Justice administers the Access to Information Act. My name is Marie-Josée Thivierge, and I'm the assistant deputy minister of the management

Justice committee  To give an answer precisely on this, the number between the main estimates 2014-15, which was $630.6 million, and the estimates to date for 2014-15, which is $682 million.

Justice committee  The difference, actually, captures the supplementary estimates (B), and the supplementary estimates (B) only.

Justice committee  For the year 2014-15, the delta is essentially supplementary estimates that received royal assent in December 2014 for the supporting families experiencing separation and divorce initiative, the delivery of immigration and refugee legal aid, the aboriginal justice strategy, and c

Justice committee  That's correct. That's a conversion that took place between grants and contributions.

Justice committee  Pierre, do you want me to do that or...?

Justice committee  Alternatively, if you move to a contribution it might also be because the demand on the contribution side of the program was greater than on the grant side and over a certain period of time you make the conversion.

Justice committee  We do work with a number of timelines. The main estimates align to the RPP, so for the 2015-16 RPP, the RPP is based on information that was available as of November 2014.

Justice committee  Maybe I can supplement what my colleague has said. In terms of the voting process, in our RPP, with respect specifically to the $25 million that had been announced in budget 2014, on page 11 of the RPP—

Justice committee  This year's. We've actually made a reference—

Justice committee  —that at the appropriate time we would be moving forward through the supplementary estimates process to secure the funding for the department.