Information & Ethics committee  The only thing I would like to add to the earlier part of my answer is a reminder that the two-step process still applies in terms of access to information in ministers' offices. If an institution could reasonably expect to have access to the information—for example, a deputy min

Information & Ethics committee  The policy guidance and training for institutions will be really critical in this. In the provinces and territories that have an ability to decline to process, they provide guidance and examples to help their organizations. For us, when we're taking a look at what is so large tha

Information & Ethics committee  Yes. The authority to decline to process a request is subject to the oversight of the Information Commissioner.

Information & Ethics committee  That's right ,and we do have a duty to assist as well. Therefore, we will be working with requesters to try and ensure that we have a good understanding of what they're looking for, so that we can best deal with the volume of requests.

Information & Ethics committee  I think that's an interesting question. Our intent in having a transition period was to avoid confusion in the system, where some investigations began under one process and shifted to another, but it's something to—

Information & Ethics committee  Forbidden?

Information & Ethics committee  I think what it would do is entrench in legislation a requirement to proactively disclose. So you're right. Maybe you don't need a law to compel that from all governments at all times, but if parliamentarians support the bill, what it would do is create a legislative requirement

Information & Ethics committee  In terms of legislation, it's as with other legislation. If you're not complying with what the law requires, then you're outside of....

Information & Ethics committee  Info Source is something that has been associated with the act since 1983. It was created at a point in time when each institution had a reading room. You could go to the reading room to get access, typically to paper files, which would be brought to you. Info Source was typicall

Information & Ethics committee  In bringing forward a proactive disclosure regime that applies now to institutions that have never been covered under the act before, we are really trying to provide access to information that can be provided and is of interest. Typically the kinds of proactive disclosure that we

Information & Ethics committee  You are correct; it doesn't. This bill does not propose to change exclusions or exemptions.

Information & Ethics committee  I'll be repeating myself a little bit, but this set of amendments doesn't address that issue. Without judgment concerning that view of the committee, there's a focused set of amendments in this bill, and that issue remains as something that could be addressed in the first full re

Information & Ethics committee  I think we found, in looking at the types of proactive disclosure that are included in this bill and that do apply to ministers' offices and the Prime Minister's Office, that there is an alignment between the types of proactive disclosure that have been identified and information

Information & Ethics committee  I'd say two things. Currently, there's a specific list of proactive disclosure that's proposed in this bill and against a regular reporting timeline so it'll be a predictable schedule for certain kinds of information. There's something else that we're looking at doing as well, wh

Information & Ethics committee  You're correct. The bill wouldn't legislate a responsive proactive disclosure. But, I guess, the other opportunity, as well, is if there is an ongoing review of the bill, that also provides parliamentarians with an opportunity to revisit what is in there to ensure that it is refl