That could well be the case. I'm not aware of what happened. Obviously a requester is never aware of the deliberations that take place within government about what shall and what shall not be released under the Access to Information Act. From the requester's perspective, it's a black box; we insert the request at one end, and documents--in this case very heavily and, I think, inappropriately censored documents--emerge at the other end. What goes on in the black box is not something I am privy to, but I trust this committee can inquire into that capably.
On May 17th, 2007. See this statement in context.