Information & Ethics committee  That's right; that's correct.

Information & Ethics committee  I've obviously not been very helpful in responding to this question. I'm going to ask the deputy commissioner. Hopefully, he can state it in a way that's clearer to you.

Information & Ethics committee  Well, I wouldn't put it that way.

Information & Ethics committee  We did bring it to the committee. It was a result of questions raised at the committee.

Information & Ethics committee  I doubt we sent it through Canada Post, although it's possible.

Information & Ethics committee  That's possible. Clearly you haven't received it for sure. I think that's true. But anyway, we will re-send it.

Information & Ethics committee  That's correct.

Information & Ethics committee  That's correct, but the issue that came up is the issue that Mr. Peterson raised earlier this afternoon, which was whether we could change the code so that a member of the public could approach the commissioner. The legal opinion was we could not, unless of course the Parliament

Information & Ethics committee  I think the reason for doing it in the first place has to do with the enormous overlap of process that occurs between the two. First of all, there are people who are public office holders and members of the House of Commons, or in one case the Senate. On the process for dealing w

Information & Ethics committee  I'm optimistic without being satisfied.

Information & Ethics committee  I certainly haven't thought about it, so I'm not going to respond, except to say in the most general way that relative to members of Parliament, the fewer limitations there are on their capacity to express their views, the better off we'd all be--I think. But whether in this part

Information & Ethics committee  That is not the case. What I have said on this are two things. First of all, I don't have “religion” on which administrative structure is used in order to realize the objectives of any particular piece of legislation. Any administrative structure will work if people are committ

Information & Ethics committee  I'll ask Stephen Tsang to respond to the question.

Information & Ethics committee  That's correct. It's always been that way.

Information & Ethics committee  I can only assume the rationale is to impress upon both public office holders and the public that there will be no toleration for this kind of activity. Presumably, that is what was intended. It was a way of indicating that we are serious about this and that you should take this