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View Bill Siksay Profile
NDP (BC)
Thank you, Chair.
Thank you for being here, Commissioner, with your colleagues.
Commissioner, just to follow up on Madame Freeman's point, do you know of any jurisdiction that does require the disclosure of the amount spent on lobbying? Is that part of the regulations in any other jurisdiction you're aware of?
View Bill Siksay Profile
NDP (BC)
Right.
I want to go back to some of the points you made in your statement today. You said that some amendments to the act might help capture a greater share of lobbying activities. Have you done an analysis about what percentage we capture now and what percentage is unreported, secret, or goes on under the radar?
View Bill Siksay Profile
NDP (BC)
You don't have any sense of--
View Bill Siksay Profile
NDP (BC)
In terms of removing the “significant part of duties” threshold, you also have said that it might be good to take that out and replace it with a limited set of exemptions. Could you suggest what those kinds of exemptions might be, or what would be appropriate, or what other jurisdictions have done when they've looked at the question of exemptions?
View Bill Siksay Profile
NDP (BC)
Okay.
You mentioned earlier an enforcement mechanism, an administrative penalty mechanism for criminal charges. You mentioned Alberta as a jurisdiction that had that possibility. Is that a good model for administrative monetary penalties? Are there other jurisdictions that you think might provide an example of what that regime would look like for us?
View Bill Siksay Profile
NDP (BC)
You mentioned that the RCMP haven't acted on any of the files you have sent to them, and haven't pressed charges in any of those cases. I suspect you can't discuss the details of those cases, but have you done any analysis of why those decisions not to proceed were made? Is there anything common to those, that's a flaw in the legislation? Is there anything you can offer on why those haven't proceeded—after you apparently believed that they were worth referring on, in terms of a criminal investigation?
View Bill Siksay Profile
NDP (BC)
Could you maybe just point out a couple of those to me? I haven't looked at the chart before.
View Bill Siksay Profile
NDP (BC)
Thank you, Chair.
And thank you for being here, Minister.
Minister, I know that one disappointment at the launch of your data portal was that one of your validators had some real problems with the licence that is on the website, which is one of the more restrictive licences of open data portals launched by any government. I know there's been some backtracking already on that. It makes me think that this got rushed, that the work hadn't been done.
Why has Canada opted for a much more restricted licence than the United Kingdom, the United States, and many other municipalities and other jurisdictions here in Canada?
View Bill Siksay Profile
NDP (BC)
Thank you, Chair.
Thank you for being here, Mr. Nejatian. I appreciate the full apology that you've offered the committee and Canadians for what happened in this case. It doesn't mean that I don't have questions for you, but I appreciate that you've been so straightforward on that point.
Have you ever worked for the Conservative Party in a paid position, Mr. Nejatian?
View Bill Siksay Profile
NDP (BC)
But you have been a volunteer and a candidate. Have you had a party position at all, in your past?
View Bill Siksay Profile
NDP (BC)
Have you ever worked on the Hill in another position or at Queen's Park in another position?
View Bill Siksay Profile
NDP (BC)
Oh, you were an exploited worker back then.
Voices: Oh, oh!
Mr. Bill Siksay: Anyway, that's off to the side. Sorry about that.
Have you ever worked for the public service of Canada in any position?
View Bill Siksay Profile
NDP (BC)
Did you have a written job description for your position as director of multiculturalism for the minister?
View Bill Siksay Profile
NDP (BC)
How was this job that you applied for described to you? What was your responsibility in this job?
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