Public Accounts committee  What I would say is that the external complaint process is available for any ads, no matter how small or how large.

Public Accounts committee  I will answer very quickly from, again, the definitions that underpin the communications policy and the directive on communications. Non-partisan means objective, factual and explanatory and free from any political party identifiers or slogans. The primary colour of the governing

Public Accounts committee  I think what I would say is no, not per se, but as I say, we have talked about some of the ways in which that complaint mechanism is made known. I would say that it is also something we're watching very closely, just given the relatively early period of implementation, but obviou

Public Accounts committee  Perhaps I would offer that one thing that is actually really critical for all Government of Canada advertising is clear attribution to the Government of Canada, so in the event that someone did see an ad and had concerns, they would have no doubt, in fact, that it was an ad repre

Public Accounts committee  I would say I'm not aware of ads that have that included in the ad content.

Public Accounts committee  I apologize as the audio did cut in and out for a moment, but I would say that even that very small amount of money is subject to all of the same protections and prohibitions around...and it cannot be non-partisan and it cannot be otherwise part of a larger campaign. The definiti

Public Accounts committee  Thank you very much for the question. I can confirm that it is $199,000. That's the value of the contract right now with Ad Standards.

Public Accounts committee  Yes, it is per year.

Public Accounts committee  I can confirm that some were, but we will send you the information about it.

Public Accounts committee  The entries on the form are very much intended to protect personal information should people not wish to provide it. People may choose to, and we would treat that accordingly. As we post, should we get a complaint—and again, I would just say that we haven't yet—we would post that

Public Accounts committee  That is correct.

Public Accounts committee  Madam Chair, I believe that the secretary was cut off again. I want to make sure I understand the question. Was the member asking what it takes to change the criteria?

Public Accounts committee  As we have explained, the amounts we currently have are going to—

Public Accounts committee  As a matter of policy, I feel that the discussion should take place outside the department.

Public Accounts committee  It would be a joint working group of ourselves within TBS and PSPC that would review the complaint. We would set ourselves a time limit of 10 days to review that, and the outcome of the review would be made public.