Mr. Chairman, I think Mr. Williams is quite right in the sense that the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act were meant to cover relations between institutions of the executive branch and private individuals. They were not meant to cover relations between institutions of the executive branch of government and the legislative branch. In other words, in this forum, access to information and privacy have very limited, if any, application. When the committee requests information, it is entitled to be given it.
Obviously, in the interest of fairness and equity, some accommodation can be made, but I'm having a bit of difficulty when a witness comes, starts reading from a document, and then says that one part of the document has to be protected and others do not.