Information & Ethics committee  I should point out that even with our current request for this year, which is about $5 million, you're still well under the estimate of what was going to be needed, the estimate done before the office began.

Information & Ethics committee  I must say something.

Information & Ethics committee  I did not say to go and look at the website. I said the website provides all kinds of information. We provided all of the detailed information in the main estimates. Next time we come before the committee, it would help if you would let us know what you have and what you don't. W

Information & Ethics committee  I have no idea if it has ever happened. I assume that it has, but I don't know. If it happened, one would behave accordingly. You get the services you pay for.

Information & Ethics committee  I think this is the second year.

Information & Ethics committee  I would certainly be comfortable if that were the case.

Information & Ethics committee  No. We actively did the two things I mentioned earlier. Because we're not part of that program I felt it was necessary to do something so we weren't just relying on ourselves. In addition to the ordinary audit of our financial statements, we contracted for an operational review,

Information & Ethics committee  That's correct. It's entirely up to him.

Information & Ethics committee  I personally have not. I don't know if Lyne has.

Information & Ethics committee  I'm going to ask Mr. Benson to respond. I think I have the number of cases we deal with each year, but I want to be sure.

Information & Ethics committee  That is the process for us. That's in the legislation itself.

Information & Ethics committee  Generally, on this issue, one.

Information & Ethics committee  As far as my own experience is concerned, these discussions have been really quite brief and not very detailed. We try to provide the maximum amount of detail for him. I can't be sure who the Speaker talks to about it. I don't know about that.

Information & Ethics committee  I don't know. Not long.

Information & Ethics committee  A number of times he's asked me about this, that, or the next particular thing--why this, why that, why something else--and I've responded as best I can. We do provide quite an enormous amount of detail.