Information & Ethics committee  For us, timeliness is critical when it comes to a plane, for example, that's moving at 900 kilometres an hour, coming towards us with possibly challenging individuals. Things are moving extremely fast in some domains. In others they're slower, but they're sometimes more complex.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, definitely.

Information & Ethics committee  We leave it up to the commissioner to act based on the recommendations he makes. We don't have a particular opinion on the matter. We're already subject to a complete set of extremely strict verifications by both the Auditor General and the Privacy Commissioner.

Information & Ethics committee  No.

Information & Ethics committee  I don't see a crisis. We don't feel it in our department.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, and we have concrete examples from the past that we can give to the committee on how it would have helped us in the past on fairly complex issues.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, and even worse than that, some of our legislation prohibited, prior to that, some exchange of information.

Information & Ethics committee  At Transport Canada we do not collect information. We only use it. We use the information that we receive or request about specific individuals or organizations, or for other needs. It's very limited. We do not seek bulk data. Our mandate is very specific.

Information & Ethics committee  For us, it's not within that context that we will use a warrant. It will be under compliance and enforcement, under the safety regulations in particular where we're seeking information. It's not necessarily on individuals but on the operations of a company, the bookkeeping and so

Information & Ethics committee  The Department of Transport doesn't collect information, but uses the information of other agencies. When we have information on individuals in particular, the policy mentioned by Ms. Paquet applies.

Information & Ethics committee  First, it is a fairly young piece of legislation, 2015. As a young piece of legislation, we need to learn the tools. Mr. Burt commented that this is like a tool box. When we requested to be in the annex, the review of all of our legislation demonstrated that we had some limitatio

Information & Ethics committee  They were dealt with, but with a significant amount of complexity and legal challenges that made the work a lot more complicated. When we are in security measures, time is of the essence. How fast can we receive the information to make the proper analysis and then convey the appr

Information & Ethics committee  I'm a bit of an anomaly in Ottawa. Next week I will have been with Transport Canada for 29 years. I started as a field inspector and moved up to DG of marine safety and security, and I've been the associate ADM in the safety and security group since 2014.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, I know a bit about the business.

Information & Ethics committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for the invitation to appear before the committee. My name is Donald Roussel, and I am the associate assistant deputy minister for safety and security at Transport Canada. I am joined, as you mentioned, by Marie-France Paquet, director general, intermodal