Information & Ethics committee  No. It's clearly something that will need to be looked into. I don't know yet, because I haven't been doing the job, what it is that is limiting Canadians from accessing data, but also institutions from providing that data. Is it a privacy issue? Is it an accessibility issue ? Is

Information & Ethics committee  I've read so much. This is a concern not just in Canada. It is incredible how everywhere, even if you have the best laws of access, if everybody is doing what they call oral government or digital government decisions, and you cannot access those, you're not going to be progressin

Information & Ethics committee  In the committee where I'm currently working, all files are processed electronically. But, since some people still prefer reading paper files, we have both. However, everything is now available electronically. We use it a lot. It's a lot easier to work from home. Nowadays, new te

Information & Ethics committee  It's hard to say, because I haven't worked in the office of the commissioner yet. However, I can tell you that the committee I belong to strongly encourages diversity. Given that we work on cases that include veterans' grievances, and that we want these cases to be reviewed indep

Information & Ethics committee  I wouldn't be able to tell you. I know there are many institutions.

Information & Ethics committee  I don't know how we would increase accessibility through technology within the institutions. That is something I'm going to have to explore. One thing I am concerned about right now—and I don't have answers there either—is the relationship between the Office of the Information Co

Information & Ethics committee  I think that any venues that increase or promote access and transparency.... Definitely, the commission has an interest in participating, whether it's within other jurisdictions, internationally, or nationally. My priority will be to tackle Canada's problems right now, but defin

Information & Ethics committee  As I said in my presentation, the current commissioner has asked for additional funding. The commissioner's office has been doing so for a number of years. As I understand it, the office receives about 3,000 new complaints each year and processes 2,000 of them. So 1,000 files alw

Information & Ethics committee  I know it's at second reading in the Senate. I don't know how long it's going to be there until it's enacted. I hope, if I am invited, and I have time to better understand all the issues, I'll be able to present myself. One of the concerns I have is that this authority to issue a

Information & Ethics committee  As I said earlier, it is a concern when you have an amendment that could further limit or delay an access request. I'm happy to see that section 6 has been amended to add the institution cannot refuse to act on a request without the commission's authority or approval. That's a go

Information & Ethics committee  As a committee right now, we have a de novo review power and the decisions that the city renders are being reviewed on a judicial review standard. I have experience with both. When the decision is rendered and it's justified reasonable and very well detailed, it's really hard to

Information & Ethics committee  I have three boys.

Information & Ethics committee  I don't believe so.

Information & Ethics committee  My first step will be to understand the process. At the committee we reviewed every step of the way and made sure what we were doing was adding value to the process. Sometimes you do something just because you've been doing it. You don't question whether it gives you positive res

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, I do believe that the new authority to issue orders, and within 30 days of the institution receiving that order, it's going to be public and published.... I will have no hesitation to use that tool to increase accessibility and accountability. The other thing we have to rem