{"time": "2006-05-15 15:50:00", "attribution": {"en": "Mr. Bruce Stanton", "fr": ""}, "content": {"en": "

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

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I concur with my colleague on the points he raised on this. In looking at both documents that were tabled at the time that the Federal Accountability Act was introduced--one being the draft bill and the other being the discussion paper--and having looked at this for the first time, I note that by the information commissioner's own admission there have not been public consultations on this. I think this committee, and I'm sure the House, would benefit from that.

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I also recognize that the motion in its wording is essentially non-binding on the minister, in terms of considering the advisability. Certainly we may get to a point at which we may want to look at something along that line, but I don't see the need at this point, in terms of imposing a deadline on this committee's work, of getting to that point and setting that time in front of us by the adjournment date.

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The other point I have some real interest in, having looked at the discussion paper, is the cost implications. There is no question that we need to consider the kinds of amendments that need to be made to the proposed act--that's very clear--but it also carries, at first glance, a significant implication in terms of the cost and operations of government that I would like, as a committee member, to hear more about before we move ahead with that type of discussion.

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Merci, monsieur le pr\u00e9sident.

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Je rejoins les propos de mon coll\u00e8gue. En examinant les deux documents d\u00e9pos\u00e9s au moment du d\u00e9p\u00f4t de la Loi f\u00e9d\u00e9rale sur l'imputabilit\u00e9 -- un \u00e9tant l'avant-projet de loi et l'autre le document de travail -- et ayant examin\u00e9 cela pour la premi\u00e8re fois, je note que le commissaire \u00e0 l'information admet lui-m\u00eame qu'il n'y a pas eu de consultation publique \u00e0 ce sujet. Je pense que cela sera utile au comit\u00e9 et, je suis s\u00fbr, \u00e0 la Chambre.

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Je reconnais aussi que le libell\u00e9 de la motion n'oblige aucunement le ministre \u00e0 envisager l'opportunit\u00e9. Viendra un moment, bien s\u00fbr, o\u00f9 nous voudrions peut-\u00eatre le faire, mais je ne vois pas la n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 aujourd'hui de fixer un d\u00e9lai pour les travaux du comit\u00e9, d'arriver \u00e0 ce point l\u00e0 et de fixer ce d\u00e9lai avant la date d'ajournement.

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Je suis tr\u00e8s int\u00e9ress\u00e9 par un autre point, ayant examin\u00e9 le document de travail, c'est-\u00e0-dire les r\u00e9percussions financi\u00e8res. Il ne fait aucun doute que nous devons consid\u00e9rer les types d'amendement qui doivent \u00eatre apport\u00e9s \u00e0 la mesure l\u00e9gislative propos\u00e9e -- c'est \u00e9vident -- mais il y a aussi, \u00e0 premi\u00e8re vue, des r\u00e9percussions consid\u00e9rables en termes de co\u00fbts et d'op\u00e9rations du gouvernement sur lesquels j'aimerais, en tant que membre du comit\u00e9, en savoir plus avant d'engager ce genre de d\u00e9bat.

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