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Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you. Given that PCO has more officials who are immediately aware of Parliament's rights and privileges, should draft communications about parliamentary business be referred to them, either as a requirement of policy or simply a suggestion to avoid problems, so that problem

November 20th, 2018Committee meeting

Stephanie Kusie

Procedure and House Affairs committee  I'm going back to the document. Section 6.3.1 of the policy says that deputy heads are responsible for ensuring that their department provides “objective, factual and non-partisan information”. In your opinion, was that requirement satisfied by the RCMP documents?

November 20th, 2018Committee meeting

Stephanie Kusie

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Turning to the directive on the management of communications, section 6.10 provides that heads of communications are responsible for ensuring that communications products and activities are “clear, timely, accurate” as indicated. In your opinion, was this complied with?

November 20th, 2018Committee meeting

Stephanie Kusie

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Finally, section 8.1.2 of the directive states that the Privy Council Office is responsible for providing “leadership, challenge, strategic direction, and coordination” of departmental communications. In your opinion, was there a failure here in respect of the RCMP documents?

November 20th, 2018Committee meeting

Stephanie Kusie

Procedure and House Affairs committee  In your opinion, do you think it's necessary that something as simple as “respect Parliament” shouldn't need to be written down in a policy manual for public servants, or something similar to that nature?

November 20th, 2018Committee meeting

Stephanie Kusie

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Finally, what do you think needs to occur so that a contempt such as this never occurs again?

November 20th, 2018Committee meeting

Stephanie Kusie

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you very much, Madam Baird.

November 20th, 2018Committee meeting

Stephanie Kusie

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. My questions are for Madame Baird and Madame Headley. Is the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, notwithstanding its independence in respect of specific law enforcement operations, governed by the policy on communications and federal identity, and th

November 20th, 2018Committee meeting

Stephanie Kusie

Procedure and House Affairs committee  What consequences follow an episode of non-compliance with those documents?

November 20th, 2018Committee meeting

Stephanie Kusie

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Yes, generally, please.

November 20th, 2018Committee meeting

Stephanie Kusie

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Would the two RCMP online publications that led to this study have been subject to those two policy instruments?

November 20th, 2018Committee meeting

Stephanie Kusie

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Do you believe that the RCMP publications complied with the policy and the directive?

November 20th, 2018Committee meeting

Stephanie Kusie

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Of course, policies are usually meant to cover general matters, but I believe there are times when specific issues get addressed. One example is that the directive on the management of communications has specific rules on pre-election communications. In fact, Treasury Board minis

November 20th, 2018Committee meeting

Stephanie Kusie

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Do you have any insight as to why there might be nothing?

November 20th, 2018Committee meeting

Stephanie Kusie

Procedure and House Affairs committee  Do you believe that we need to make a recommendation in our report that says that you should amend these policy instruments to add a reminder to respect Parliament?

November 20th, 2018Committee meeting

Stephanie Kusie