It's unfortunate that all the records created by these foundations that were created by previous governments will never see the light of day through access to information. I don't understand why that should be the case, and the same for officers of Parliament. Why should the records held by officers of Parliament, the Auditor General, and so forth, never be subject to the light of day, even if they pass all the injury tests, and so forth. Somebody may want to write the story of the Auditor General's role in dealing with the sponsorship issue. That's a perfectly legitimate subject for historians. They'll never get those records, if the Senate amendments are passed. Someone may want to write the story of the Office of the Information Commissioner's fight over the agendas of the Prime Minister at some point in history, but they'll never get those records.
I don't understand the rationale.