Thank you, Mr. Chair and Minister.
Minister, I am one of the newest additions to this committee. Mr. Tilson, Mr. Martin, Madame Lavallée, and Mr. Wappel have more experience. This committee has done a lot of work.
I can see, and I think there's a consensus, that you were very passionate about transparency when you were in the opposition. In fact, if that was the case, then I have to agree with Mr. Martin. Why would you climb down from that position on transparency? I think you should be passionate about it now, and you should go all the way, because there are so many holes in this paper. For example, what is it appropriate to look at in ministers' offices? How I understand it is that all you would be able to access from the ministers' offices is correspondence in regard to administration. If that's true, I think you would agree that it's profoundly undemocratic.
I would like your comments on that, Minister.