Information & Ethics committee  I cannot talk about 2015, unfortunately. I was there in 2018. When I arrived we were asking for additional funding because of the number of complaints that were received by my office. Every year we get an increase, a 25% minimum. In the five years that I've been commissioner the

Information & Ethics committee  Access requests should be the last resort to obtain the information. The information should be accessible through proactive disclosure. It should be accessible through the portal. I've given the example before that, with CRA, you have your own account. Imagine if you had to ask,

Information & Ethics committee  Yes.

Information & Ethics committee  I issued a statement on what I heard. I cannot comment specifically, because, I will admit that I'm doing an investigation on that issue, but generally, what I can tell you is, as I said earlier, access does not exist if there are no documents. We need leaders to encourage the cr

Information & Ethics committee  My advice to the institutions is that they need to be clearer on taking minutes, making decisions and proper documentation. Commissioner Rouleau mentioned that as well in his report. That is, when decisions that are important are being taken fast, people sometimes forget to go ba

Information & Ethics committee  I don't know. I think you could ask the government. I think what they've done is a really good summary of all the issues that we know exist in the system. What we don't know now is how they intend to tackle those issues.

Information & Ethics committee  It means that our act is going to be considered one of the worst legislation on access to information when you look at other jurisdictions in terms of access. As I said earlier, our act is 40 years old. It was created when we were dealing with paper, and now we're in a digital wo

Information & Ethics committee  I think it is. We can see Canadians saying that they are lacking in trust, and it is our job to make sure that this trust increases in our institutions and in our government. One solution is to provide them with information in a timely manner. Respecting the act that we have cu

Information & Ethics committee  I feel that in administering the law, it has a duty to do so. I know there are briefings, but I feel that only public servants who are interested in the subject sign up for them. My understanding is that it's not mandatory for new public servants.

Information & Ethics committee  Actually, there are several methods and programs. As I said earlier, the United States and the United Kingdom already have programs in place. Canada could go and see exactly how it works in those two countries. Some experts in Canada have studied these programs and made recommend

Information & Ethics committee  Both depend on the government.

Information & Ethics committee  No.

Information & Ethics committee  I think it's a financial situation. Everybody's struggling. We're all asking for more money. Clearly this is not a priority.

Information & Ethics committee  It's necessary because we do not currently have it under the act. Access exists only if the record exists.

Information & Ethics committee  For some cases, I definitely do.