Absolutely. As I said when I was here a couple of weeks ago, Canada is currently ranked 55th out of 93 countries internationally, and the Centre for Law and Democracy has said that the federal government is falling behind the provinces in terms of access to information.
So I agree with the Information Commissioner that a complete overhaul of access to information legislation to move it into the 21st century is long overdue. However, it appears unlikely that the government will table such legislation, so I am mindful of the commissioner's concerns about a piecemeal approach to bringing Canada's access laws up to date—and certainly this bill would be considered a piecemeal approach.
But I think the wider expansion of access to information to include Parliament, the Senate, and the PMO requires a much broader discussion than we could have with a private member's bill.