Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'm sorry, I just want to say that we'll also be reporting on a regular basis, and I would presume that our report would be public.

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you very much. First of all, you raise the position of deputy clerk of the Privy Council. The deputy clerk, of course, works very closely with the committees of Parliament, because in the position of the clerk, you're assisting as the secretary to cabinet in this regard. T

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you very much. I think that this is a very important part. It can be demonstrated by the track records of the individuals in what they have done, how they have done it, how they have accomplished the responsibilities they have had in the past. Words take you only so far i

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Briefly, Mr. Chair, what we do first of all is to put up a website so that it can be available to any Canadian. Second, we have worked very hard through press releases and media advisories to ensure that more and more Canadians and organizations are able to understand and, hopefu

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you. I must tell you that I have had many employees who had grade 9, and they did much better than I did because they had used their own lives to become experienced people. In terms of the criteria, we have those that are in the Constitution already, which are age, resid

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes. Then what we also are looking at, and this is public, is, first of all, people who have a very strong ethical background, extensive knowledge and experience, and hopefully an understanding of the institutions of our country. We're also looking for the identification of peop

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes. I have always thought it was important to continue our studies for as long as possible. In my case, I mostly went to school part time, because I had a family and a job while I was doing my master's degree and my doctorate. Every department I have worked for has had teams o

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you, Ms. Petitpas Taylor. In addition to what I mentioned in my introduction, I was also chair of the Public Service Commission of Canada during my career. Back then, just like today, the law stipulated that our role was to ensure that public service appointments were base

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you very much, Chair. It's been quite a long time since I appeared in front of a parliamentary committee, something I used to do quite frequently as a deputy minister, so I'm looking forward to the discussion this morning. As you know, our mandate is to make non-binding, m