Yes. Again, in any legislation, Mr. Chair, if you put down provinces, territories are automatically assumed. I am glad you raised that, because I think the territories often are not referred to enough. I certainly appreciate that observation, Mr. Chair.
I would simply wrap up here. It's really important to go further than just saying that we're going to be transparent. We heard in 2015 Liberals campaigning on a very aggressive promise to increase transparency, yet that didn't happen, despite the Prime Minister's own private member's bill and all of the initiatives that were included with that. This government, really, introduced legislation that the Information Commissioner didn't find met that basic bar of what they promised before getting elected, and ever since then, Mr. Chair, we've seen less and less.
I think Mr. Redekopp hit upon something here. I'm glad that he is paying attention and asking questions and sharing his mind, because that's what I believe this process should be, and he identified what I believe can be exploited. I would just remind all members that governments do come and go, and it's parliamentarians and the Canadian public who may not receive the information in a timely way. I think that's unfortunate.
I do hope that we can see this pass. I do hope that the government decides that when it comes to being transparent it's going to take another path than the one it has taken on things like access to information. I hope it proactively discloses these reports in a timely manner. It's unfortunate, though, that this committee has decided not to add a time period to that, because I do think that governments, like those university students, work best when they know they have to have their work in on time.