Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Merci, Madame. Whistle-blowing is an important aspect, obviously, of how we do business as public servants. What you're describing is sort of a bridging from Bill C-11 to Bill C-2, and from our point of view, we felt that Bill C-11 didn't have a whole lot of teeth. It didn't giv

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  That's a good question. What I can say is that this legislation is going to be out into the future for five or ten years. The exact amount of time we need, I'm not really sure. Let's hypothetically say two months. I look at this as somewhat of an investment; you're investing tim

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Thank you.

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  First, probably the way I can answer this is to enlighten you a little bit as to what we meant by “embedded in the program” and see if I hit your question. You spoke of the Comptroller General and the internal audit. The internal audit is more reactive. It is discovery after the

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  We received the bill I think sometime in April. It's quite extensive. Right now, principals within the association are reviewing it in terms of how it relates to what our members do on a day-to-day basis. It's really difficult to get into the specifics. Fundamentally what it re

Bill C-2 (39th Parliament, 1st Session) committee  Thank you. The Association of Canadian Financial Officers represents approximately 3,000 financial officers in the public service—that's the FI group. As the association chair, I would like first to take this opportunity to thank the committee for having us here today and to exp