Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I'd just like to echo Mr. Martin's comments, Mr. Reid, for you and Mr. Leadbeater's work with respect to the open government bill. I still carry your brief with me. My congratulations to you and Mr. Leadbeater and others who have worked on that. It's certainly been helpful to the committee.
However, since you did this, and since Gomery, and since Bill C-2, and since Law Clerk Walsh's coming to the Bill C-2 committee, and since Minister Toews' April document of proposals commenting on the bill, my suspicion is that other consultations with other institutions inside the government and outside the government might be affected by the open government act.
If this committee were to review your bill, perhaps with public hearings--for anybody, I suppose--would it be necessary for you and your staff to go back and revise your thoughts with respect to the open government legislation?