Traduction de «Enquête de vérification postérieure » (Français → Anglais) :

(Return tabled) Question No. 846 Hon. Stéphane Dion: With regard to Rights and Democracy, provided that if identifying an individual by name is impossible on privacy grounds, he or she would be identified by a number: (a) what are all the positions that were filled by appointments or contract awards made by the Conservative government since 2006, within or outside the organization, but which deal directly with the organization (e.g., private investigators), specifying at what time each position was created and what justified its creation; (b) where do those positions fit in the organization's hierarchical chart and, when outside the organization, what is their relation with the organization; (c) what criteria did the government use to sel ...[+++]ect candidates for each of those positions, and how were those criteria determined; (d) who were the individuals or firms appointed to fill each of those positions; (e) who were the other individuals or firms that were interviewed or considered by the government for those positions; (f) which of the individuals identified in parts (d) and (e) have (i) held contracts awarded by, (ii) worked for, (iii) volunteered for, or (iv) run for a federal political party, identifying the position held and work done, the timeframe in which it took place and the name of the party; (g) which of the individuals identified in parts (d) and (e) have held governmental appointments in the past, identifying the position held and work done, the timeframe in which it took place, and the name of the appointing political party, Minister, or public office holder; (h) who were the Rights and Democracy employees who left the organization since January 2006, specifying at what date they were hired, what responsibilities they had within the organization, where they fit in the organization's hierarchical chart, at what date they left and the reason for their departure; (i) who were the individuals hired by Rights and Democracy, internally or as subcontract ...

(a) an investigation, on-the-spot verification or exchange of information might adversely affect the sovereignty, security or public order of the Member State addressed;

What the government picked up—as I'm sure members from all sides have picked up—was that in tightening accountability for the use of those resources, particularly after the events at HRDC back in 2000 and so on, we had added as a system, with good intentions, a lot of oversight, a lot file checking, a lot more attestations, more process up front, more checking after the fact.

(2) However, the head of a government institution referred to in paragraph (1)(c) or (d) shall not refuse under subsection (1) to disclose any record that contains information that was created by or on behalf of the head of the government institution in the course of an investigation or audit conducted by or under the authority of the head of the government institution once the investigation or audit and all related proceedings, if any, are finally concluded”.

Only if one quarter of Parliament’s Members (representing at least three political groups) request subsequent verification (pursuant to Article 5(2) of the Regulation) in order to ascertain whether or not the above principles are being observed will Parliament as a whole become involved.

Certificate following filing of complaint (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, where a certificate under section 38.13 of the Canada Evidence Act prohibiting the disclosure of personal information of a specific individual is issued in respect of personal information after the filing of a complaint under this Act in relation to a request for access to that information (a) all proceedings under this Act in respect of that information, including an investigation, audit, appeal or judicial review, are discontinued; (b) the Privacy Commissioner shall not disclose the information and shall take all necessary precautions to pre ...[+++]vent its disclosure; and (c) the Privacy Commissioner shall, within 10 days after the certificate is published in the Canada Gazette, return the information to the head of the government institution that controls the information.