Thank you, Mr. Chair.
We said we wanted to listen to the Information Commissioner before we made a decision on this particular one. In fact, the commissioner already has presented a report to Parliament, the report I have here. He talks about the response to the government's action plan for the problem of the Access to Information Act. This is a 23-page comprehensive report where he has already said where the new government is heading.
In fact, he says: Finally, and most important, the content of the Federal Accountability Act, and the government’s discussion paper on access reform, is a cause for grave concern. What the government now proposes – if accepted – will reduce the amount of information available to the public, weaken the oversight role of the Information Commissioner and increase government’s ability to cover-up wrongdoing, shield itself from embarrassment and control the flow of information to Canadians.
Based on that, he has gone clause by clause through that information act. I'm certain, even before we listen to him, that he can clarify these things in his 23-page report on Monday. But we can make a decision on this particular issue today, before we listen to him.