Information & Ethics committee  Not generally speaking, no.

Information & Ethics committee  We do that internally. We have all kinds of internal procedures for looking at what we think we need, and so on. I felt, quite frankly, that the funds that we had last year were fully adequate for our needs. They were exactly adequate, as far as I could tell, and so I began the b

Information & Ethics committee  We're trying to figure out which document you're referring to.

Information & Ethics committee  No.

Information & Ethics committee  That's correct. We try to proceed in two different ways. One, of course, is the standard way. Our financial statements are, of course, audited by an outside party every year. But more importantly, since we're not part of the Auditor General's responsibility, so to speak, we under

Information & Ethics committee  I'm not sure what you're referring to.

Information & Ethics committee  I think that's right in the sense that what is happening at the moment is a pilot project. It's a two-year pilot project, which has been launched as a result of this committee's report about how the budget should be handled. So it's not in full operation, but it is in operation.

Information & Ethics committee  That's right. The only person who has reviewed it that I would know of is the Speaker. It is our obligation, according to the legislation, to present this to the Speaker. He can seek advice from whomever he wishes, have it reviewed by whomever he wishes, and then forward his deci

Information & Ethics committee  I think the issue I was trying to raise was that there is--and this would be something, incidentally, dealt with by Bill C-2, at least in its current form--a certain difficulty in the sense that, normally speaking, the people in my office would not have access to job opportunitie

Information & Ethics committee  I think that is something that's being developed, actually. Bill C-2 takes that into account. If it should pass in its current form, or roughly its current form, that would be an issue behind us.

Information & Ethics committee  It's hard to say “often”, because we haven't had many investigations. The answer would be sometimes, but not frequently.

Information & Ethics committee  I don't recall, but I imagine they are fairly expensive to use. The difficulty that I've had in trying to think that through is that since I never know how many investigations there are going to be in any one, two, or three years, it's hard to staff up and do it all internally. S

Information & Ethics committee  I don't recall exactly what I said, but we are not currently having trouble recruiting people, just so you know.

Information & Ethics committee  That's correct. Over time one might find a pattern emerging and see another way to deal with it. At the moment we certainly wouldn't be able to.

Information & Ethics committee  I don't have the answer at the moment. Bob, would you know?