Government Operations committee  We looked at the Auditor General's report. We agreed with all of the recommendations in there. We are working with them on what we can do to work alongside departments to make sure that we can make these changes as swiftly and efficiently as possible. Given the size of the IT po

Government Operations committee  I would have to take a closer look at specifically what that drop is attributed to. If their services are being delivered but not being delivered securely, it would mean, to my mind, that there is no need for them to be delivered securely. The appropriate privacy and security saf

Government Operations committee  Is that the recommendation to centralize...?

Government Operations committee  The digital transformation of government is taking place in multiple places. We have business delivery modernization out of ESDC. We have major digital modernization coming out of Immigration. We do maintain oversight of major projects under the TBS's OCIO portfolio to make sure

Information & Ethics committee  I would say that access to information is like many legacy services for Canadians: We need to go from an analog system, as Ms. Luelo said, into a digital service line. Access to information is an important right and an important principle in the functioning of a democratic syst

Information & Ethics committee  I have had the privilege of working on both sides of the declassification file, from a national security standpoint and now as chief data officer for the government. What I would say is that the pilot project has shown us some of the challenges of looking at historical files and

Information & Ethics committee  It's a global ranking, but I'm not sure exactly how many countries it's based on.

Information & Ethics committee  I would reiterate what Ms. Luelo said. When it comes to the requests received by the immigration department, what's most important is making sure that people's requests are dealt with as service requests, not as ATI requests. If a system were put in place to preserve the status o

Information & Ethics committee  I would simply point out that a culture of openness is directly tied to the need to protect what needs to be protected—personal information. Not everything can be disclosed. We always work with the intention of disclosing as much information as possible and making data available,

Information & Ethics committee  All right. I'll be quick. It's about knowing the safety and protection measures to take when problems arise. It's like driving a car. If you want to go fast, you have to have good brakes. Those basic considerations always have to inform programs when they're being designed.