Information & Ethics committee  I didn't average it out, Mr. Chairman, for last year, but I can provide the committee with ratings for last year. We only had ten last year. If I remember correctly, last year six out of ten performed below average. That's what I remember. Justice got an A last year. I think the best thing, Mr.

Information & Ethics committee  There is no other comparable year, Mr. Chairman, because these report cards were only done these last two years. The only--

Information & Ethics committee  Mr. Chairman, as this committee knows, I am currently investigating a specific allegation of political interference from a staffer in a minister's office.

Information & Ethics committee  There are currently no delegations of authority in place within federal institutions that provide a delegation of authority under the Access to Information Act to political staffers.

Information & Ethics committee  They have no authority under any delegation of authority that currently exists in the federal access to information regime.

Information & Ethics committee  The other details are not in the public domain, Mr. Chairman, so because of the confidentiality and the privacy provisions within my legislation, I'm not at liberty to disclose those details. With the third investigation, to my knowledge, there is nothing in the public domain either.

Information & Ethics committee  Well, there's one that's in the public domain because it was reported by The Canadian Press. It involves Mr. Togneri, who at the time was a staffer for Mr. Paradis, who was the Minister of Public Works at the time. That is one of them. There is another one that is partly in the public domain that is directed at the Department of National Defence, and this came from a complaint by the New Democratic Party.

Information & Ethics committee  Not that I'm aware of. I've received these complaints and I am investigating them in a confidential manner, as I always do. All of the details of the investigation are confidential. I'm not sharing that with anyone at this point.

Information & Ethics committee  I'm not at liberty to disclose that information, Mr. Chairman.

Information & Ethics committee  Mr. Chairman, the delegation of--

Information & Ethics committee  Of course, but the committee might be satisfied with the fact that all of the delegations of authorities are actually published by the various institutions as part of their annual reports. That usually doesn't tell you the name of the individuals, simply because people change in those functions.

Information & Ethics committee  They are tabled. They're tabled in Parliament, actually, every year, as part of their annual reporting requirement.

Information & Ethics committee  Mr. Chairman, I was just consulting with Josée because she did the specific interviews, and I don't have all of those details. During that time when we were doing the report cards, as I mentioned earlier, I had a conversation with the president of the CFIA about this delegation of authority, because I thought this was causing additional delays.

Information & Ethics committee  Access to information analysts and coordinators really have a difficult time of it in the government, I would say. Between the requester, the senior officials within their own organization, all of the other areas that they have to get information from to respond to an access to information request, and the investigators in my office, it's not an easy task.

Information & Ethics committee  The justice department has completely turned around its performance, for sure, and consultation was one of the issues with them. They have MOUs with several of the institutions that they deal with on a regular basis. To be fair, institutions like the Department of Foreign Affairs would tell you that it's easier to make a decision on solicitor-client privilege types of consultations than it is in terms of international relations, because they have to go outside.