Information & Ethics committee  When the public office holder contacted our office, the adviser was the one who received the information. The normal course of action is that, when a public office holder has a question with regard to their obligations under the act, they contact their adviser. When the adviser

Information & Ethics committee  Unfortunately, because of confidentiality issues, I did not seek permission from Mr. Bains to confirm when the advice was received.

Information & Ethics committee  I can say that there are currently no active investigations ongoing.

Information & Ethics committee  Waivers are in a section of the act. Therefore, in the case of public office holders seeking waivers for post-employment restrictions, we cannot provide those waivers at this point in time without a commissioner, because it's a requirement that the commissioner make that determin

Information & Ethics committee  Not at this time.... However, as mentioned by my colleagues in May, we continue to monitor the activities of public office holders. If we have doubts, or if something comes to our attention that requires looking into, we will do that. We will do our due diligence on our side for

Information & Ethics committee  Unfortunately, again, there's a lot of information that comes from either the public or the media, which we take into consideration when we review a file. Therefore, I can't comment on how many requests we've had or anything like that. However, if there is information brought to

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you. Mr. Chair, honourable members of the committee, today, I will address an important aspect of the Conflict of Interest Act: the post-employment rules that are administered by our office and found in part 3 of the act. These rules are in place to ensure that individuals

Information & Ethics committee  Yes.

Information & Ethics committee  As well, in “Open and Accountable Government”, there are some very clear guidelines there for fundraising for ministers and parliamentary secretaries, which were added as well.

Information & Ethics committee  And acceptable.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes.

Information & Ethics committee  There are exceptions as well for gifts. In the case of a member of Parliament who has functions to attend, there's the exception if it might “reasonably be seen”, because this organization is dealing with you on a regular.... There is an exception for you to accept that gift, eve

Information & Ethics committee  Ministers.

Information & Ethics committee  We carry out our mandate in good faith. We use the information that is given to us to provide advice. If we are not informed of a situation, if an MP or a minister does not consult with us, we cannot provide advice. In that context, we don't necessarily know what situations are c

Information & Ethics committee  Indeed.