Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
In the last week or so, Global News has reported that the Bank of Canada has investigated about six harassment complaints under its policy in the last two years. I would say that the bank was pretty tight-lipped in its response to Global's questions about, for instance, whether anyone who had “violated the policy is still employed at the bank” and whether those “broken internal rules”—I think in three out of the six cases—“resulted in financial settlements”. The bank referred to privacy legislation as the reason they wouldn't provide any further comment.
I'm wondering if you believe that level of protection of privacy is appropriate in a context where Canadians are dramatically increasing their expectations of accountability and transparency when it comes to harassment in the workplace and particularly in our federal institutions. Hockey Canada is a recent example, where transparency meant that the organization has had to deal much more seriously with the nature of harassment in its organization than if it had been left to its own devices.