--- Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2003 07:59:17 -0400 To: Declan McCullagh <declanat_private> From: Jason Young Subject: Canada's Privacy Commissioner under investigation Hi Declan, High intrigue in the Canadian Privacy Commissioner's office. Please remove my email address if you post. Thanks, Jason --- Radwanski probe broadened The Toronto Sun By LOUISE ELLIOTT OTTAWA (CP) - A Commons committee investigating the finances of Privacy Commissioner George Radwanski was moving toward a decision after a marathon session expected to extend into the early hours of Friday morning. Some MPs said they were closer to a resolution on whether to recommend the House of Commons remove Radwanski from his post. But they said they needed to finish questioning at least two more people Thursday night. "There's something maturing," said LIberal MP Derek Lee. "We're just working hard and we'll finish up." Another committee member, who asked not to be named, said: "We know what we're going to do. We just have to figure out how to do it." Committee chair Reg Alcock wouldn't indicate which way the committee was leaning, saying MPs shared a "common concern" regarding financial and other documents. "There's a great deal of information on the table, and members need a chance after having heard all the testimony, and trying to look at all the contradictions, to weigh the testimony that they've heard," he said. "They will, I'm sure, come to some sort of conclusion." Dona Vallieres, Radwanski's director of communications, was to be called to testify Thursday night. Vallieres, who travelled with Radwanski on some of his international trips, was expected to be questioned about her own expenses after Radwanski's office did not initially provide them to the committee. Radwanski later provided the Vallieres' expenses, saying he didn't realize the committee wanted them as well. Art Lamarche, Radwanski's chief of staff was also expected to testify late Thursday night. Alcock said MPs from all parties would seek advice on how to proceed, noting their investigation has no precedent. "There's never been any kind of investigation of a House officer of this sort, so the committee wants to make sure that we go through all of this in a manner that is as responsible and as careful as we possibly can." ... http://www.canoe.com/CNEWS/Canada/2003/06/11/109000-cp.html [Toronto Sun] Related articles http://shorl.com/dadrupryrypofry [Toronto Star] http://shorl.com/gadukiprustybi [Globe & Mail] http://www.canoe.ca/WinnipegNews/ws.ws-06-14-0022.html [Winnipeg Sun] -- --- http://www.lexinformatica.org http://www.privaterra.org http://www.epic.org PGP KeyID 0x46E11518 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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