Finance committee  It's the same answer, Chair.

Finance committee  As to quantification, it's the same answer.

Finance committee  Chair, I indicated in my statement that I directed the public service. Specific redactions were made by departments under the authority of their deputy ministers, but I gave the direction as to the approach that would be followed consistent with statements that had been made by m

Finance committee  I'll finish the sentence, Chair. I committed to this committee that I would provide the committee with as much information as transparently as possible and an expansive definition of access to these documents. I have answered the committee that less than 1% of the information p

Finance committee  Indeed he can.

Finance committee  I may not have all of the facts at my fingertips, Mr. Chair, because I understood that the purpose of this afternoon's session was the discussion of cabinet confidences generally speaking. Our internal rough estimate, however, is that less than 2.5% of all of the information prov

Finance committee  No, I don't have a number today. I assume that will be clear in the law clerk's examination of the documents we're providing.

Finance committee  Thank you very much, Chair. I am glad to be here again. The last time we went straight into questions, but given the subject matter, I do have a statement to begin with, which I hope will be helpful. It has been provided to the committee in the two official languages. I was as

Information & Ethics committee  Happily.

Information & Ethics committee  I have complete confidence in my colleagues. No one can bear those responsibilities without a team or without interactions between the various components of our oversight system. We work with that dependence all the time. That is why we are constantly seeking to improve our syst

Information & Ethics committee  We are providing a list. I know that Universities Canada was involved in some meetings, the AFN.... There were other groups that were consulted early on with respect to the—

Information & Ethics committee  The record will show that, Chair. I would say as early as April.

Information & Ethics committee  I'm not aware of those details.

Information & Ethics committee  I have not seen that communication, Chair.

Information & Ethics committee  Chair, I'm not prepared to support that construction of events. I have not seen that correspondence, but I think the testimony of officials does not support that construction of events.