Information & Ethics committee  Well.... I'm happy to be here and I respect Parliament in this case, but if I had my choice, I would prefer that ministers appear here instead of staff. But that's my personal view. On how to improve communication, well, again, I'm not an expert on dealing with requests of committees.

Information & Ethics committee  My...this incident...I...it wasn't my intention to delay or obstruct or.... Again, I was wrong in the fact that I did not understand the law fully and that I thought I was....

Information & Ethics committee  I'm vaguely aware, yes.

Information & Ethics committee  No, not at all. I had a conversation after I had sent this e-mail and that was brought up. I wasn't aware that, you know, ATI could work with the requester to get more specific and to do that.... But it was brought up, so....

Information & Ethics committee  Sorry, your first part of your.... On the second part of your question, I had no idea about this before. I don't know how to answer the first part--

Information & Ethics committee  Yes, I am.

Information & Ethics committee  I'm vaguely aware, yes.

Information & Ethics committee  No, I can't.

Information & Ethics committee  I'm not that well versed on the Federal Accountability Act--

Information & Ethics committee  --other than that more federal agencies are covered under the Federal Accountability Act. That's what I know the most, like Canada Post---

Information & Ethics committee  Not being an expert in ATI...I don't think I'm an expert to respond to that. I would think that the committee is far more experienced to make suggestions to amend it than I am. I know that ATI at Public Works worked very well. I guess that's all I have to say. I'm not exactly sure of specific changes that need to be made, but....

Information & Ethics committee  I'm not really sure I understand the question....

Information & Ethics committee  It is, and that was my mistake.

Information & Ethics committee  Well, that's what I thought. I was wrong. It was quickly explained.... After I had sent this e-mail, it was quickly explained to me that if part of a document is relevant, then the entire document is relevant. That was explained to me. I was fine with that. It was also explained to me that they can explain this, they can....

Information & Ethics committee  So I accepted the fact that--