As I mentioned Mr. Chair, what we have here, if you look at it as written, is that:
The Commissioner of Lobbying shall refuse to disclose any record requested under this Act that contains information that was obtained or created by the Commissioner or on the Commissioner's behalf in the course of an investigation conducted by or under the authority of the Commissioner.
What we're proposing here in our amendment is that clause 89 be amended by replacing lines 4 to 10 on page 82 with the following:
However, the Commissioner may not refuse to disclose any record that was created by the Commissioner or on the Commissioner's behalf in the course of an investigation conducted by the Commissioner or under the Commissioner's authority once the investigation is complete and all related proceedings, if any, are final.
What we're trying to do here is ensure ultimate transparency so that when everything is said and done, the records are available for people to see. I think we've heard time and time again from people--witnesses and others--that it's important to be able to have full disclosure when we can, and that's what this is attempting to do, Chair.
Thank you.