Mr. Chairman, I don't disagree with a lot of what Madame Lavallée is talking about. We have a new minister who's been in that position for less than a month. We have a new Information Commissioner--I don't know when that formally took place. Just before the break? He's been in his position for a little over a month, perhaps. Both those individuals may or may not agree with the proposed information legislation that was prepared by former Commissioner Reid. We don't know that. We've got a whole bunch of new players and I can't believe they're not going to want to talk to themselves and to the commissioner before they even come here. Before they talk to themselves, they're going to want to talk to other stakeholders before they come here--in other words, get briefed on the topic. They're going to want to talk to other people, such as the Privacy Commissioner, people like that.
As well, there's the issue of the discussion paper the former minister tabled last April, I think it was. We've had a copy of it; I read sections of it, which deal with the issue of the cost and that sort of thing. We've received it, but we've never debated it or ever talked about it or ever asked for opinions about it. I have no problem--I don't know what others think--with the minister being invited to come, but because of all the things I'm saying, and because of our work plan--which was agreed to by all parties, I might add--I'm suggesting that perhaps the chair or the clerk ask the minister if he'd be available to come perhaps after the March break.