I think we're generally agreed that there is a public interest in disclosing this information; generally speaking, governments should not operate in secrecy.
So how do you put a cost on what is essentially a cost to democracy? I would never suggest that because it costs $170 million, let's just shut it down. There is a cost of operating a democracy, and one of those costs is the information that should come out of government corporations, departments, and the like.
What we have to balance are the costs and the benefits that citizens receive. That very difficult balancing act is something this committee is actually going to have to do. Are we prepared to spend $170 million a year on this effort? Should it be more limited? Can we still advance the basic principles of this act by limiting it more than was suggested perhaps in the Information Commissioner's report? But I'm going to leave that to the committee.
Our estimates of costs at this point are tentative, but they are our best estimates.
I don't know if my staff can add anything.