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{
"time": "2007-06-19 10:45:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Dave Van Kesteren (Chatham-Kent\u2014Essex, CPC)",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"743915\" data-originallang=\"en\">Thank you, sir, for appearing. I think it shows great character that you would come here to represent your staff, because--and we've discussed this at length too--it must be extremely stressful to appear before a committee. I know you're used to this, but I know that for most of them this is probably something they wouldn't relish.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"743916\" data-originallang=\"en\">Most of us are satisfied with the process that's in place. It is slow, but I think it's working. As Mr. Tilson and some others said, I think most of us are focusing on improvement to access to information. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"743917\" data-originallang=\"en\">There have been a number of questions about ATI performance, and maybe this has been asked, but do we need more staff? Is that part of the solution\u2014we just have to hire more people?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"743915\" data-originallang=\"en\">Merci, monsieur, d'\u00eatre ici. Je pense que c'est faire preuve de beaucoup de force que de venir repr\u00e9senter votre personnel parce que \u2014 et nous en avons longuement discut\u00e9 aussi \u2014 il doit \u00eatre extr\u00eamement stressant de compara\u00eetre devant un comit\u00e9. Je sais que vous y \u00eates habitu\u00e9, mais je sais aussi que pour la plupart de vos collaborateurs, ce n'est probablement pas une perspective qui leur sourit.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"743916\" data-originallang=\"en\">La plupart d'entre nous sommes satisfaits du processus en place. Il est lent, mais je pense qu'il fonctionne. Comme l'ont dit M. Tilson et d'autres, je crois que la plupart d'entre nous nous int\u00e9ressons surtout aux am\u00e9liorations de l'acc\u00e8s \u00e0 l'information.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"743917\" data-originallang=\"en\">Plusieurs questions ont \u00e9t\u00e9 pos\u00e9es sur le rendement en mati\u00e8re d'acc\u00e8s \u00e0 l'information, et peut-\u00eatre celle-ci avait \u00e9t\u00e9 pos\u00e9e, mais avons-nous besoin de plus de personnel? Est-ce que c'est un \u00e9l\u00e9ment de la solution \u2014 il faut simplement embaucher plus de monde?</p>"
},
"url": "/committees/ethics/39-1/55/dave-van-kesteren-1/",
"politician_url": "/politicians/dave-van-kesteren/",
"politician_membership_url": "/politicians/memberships/601/",
"procedural": false,
"source_id": "2162164",
"document_url": "/committees/ethics/39-1/55/",
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}
}