Well, let's see how we're doing on the national stage in the open data context.
When you compare the number of countries that are involved in it, the information is broken down into nine different categories of data sets. Under national statistics, as one of those data sets, the United Kingdom has a 100% release of all information for national statistics, and the United States, another member country, has 100%. Canada has a 40% compliance rate in that category.
In another category...let me see, I'll cherry-pick a really good one.
Under the legislation data set, the United Kingdom has 90%, the United States has 85%, and Canada has 60%.
The largest data set is government spending; this is the one where people have a right to know what their government is doing with their money. It's a fundamental cornerstone of our democracy. In this category the United Kingdom has 100%, the United States has 90%, and Canada has 10%. Even the pilot project you had going, you've cancelled.
What is the reluctance to tell Canadians what you're doing with their money? It's not government's information to ration out in tidbits as you see fit. That information belongs to the people of Canada, whose tax dollars commissioned it and whose tax dollars gave you permission to create it. It shouldn't be like pulling teeth trying to get it out of you. How do you explain this independent analysis of compliance, with the open data index, with such an appalling figure of 10%?