Information & Ethics committee  It is a mix, depending on the department you work for. Obviously, I believe you are provided with your values and ethics. That's the requirement, and you have to sign off on that. Other than that, I don't think there is a set package for every department. Again, as we decentral

Information & Ethics committee  I'm going to take that because I represent the IT workers. I'll say that we are livid. I would love to come back to this committee. There's lots I could talk about with regard to this whole contracting out. I had a member come to me this week and say that they can't even get

Information & Ethics committee  Contracting out has been a preoccupation of the Professional Institute of the Public Service of Canada. We represent professionals, including engineers, nurses and doctors—all regulated professionals who take their work on behalf of Canadians very seriously. To watch things be

Information & Ethics committee  We don't know of any grievances, but in order for us to file a grievance, we have to know that the act is taking place.

Information & Ethics committee  Absolutely not. You can't grieve something if you don't know it's happening. The minute you understand that it's happening, you can make your grievance, but if you don't know it's happening, you can't protect your rights.

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, 100%.

Information & Ethics committee  The notes I had for the Privacy Act were that the guidelines had to be clear around what, when, and how new or modified requirements needed new privacy assessments, and when current ones needed to be updated. We also need to make sure it is enforced. These software tools need to

Information & Ethics committee  If they are using these tools the way they're supposed to, for what they're intended and under the data privacy assessment that has been done, we need to make sure that.... We heard from three departments. They said they used them without doing the prior assessments. We need to m

Information & Ethics committee  It all comes back to accountability. If we have the directives, what happens when people don't follow directives when they're asked to do something prior to...? Again, as I said in my statement, the government needs to acknowledge that we're Canadian citizens as well and that w

Information & Ethics committee  If there are actually repercussions for people who don't follow the policies and directives, it will, 100%. We are really good at making sure that public servants are following the policies. Why are we not putting that same scrutiny on deputy ministers?

Information & Ethics committee  Again, every public servant is a Canadian citizen, as you are a Canadian citizen. I think we have to have clear lines on what your privacy is. We should expect a level of privacy. You should not be able to look at my kids' photos just because—

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, go ahead.

Information & Ethics committee  There is no short answer to that.

Information & Ethics committee  All right.

Information & Ethics committee  And you still have Napster.