Madam Simson, if I may, I'm sorry if I have to argue against you on this one also. The commissioner has extraordinary power as it is. He's using only a fraction of it. He has the same powers as a superior court judge. He can call witnesses before him, deputy ministers if required--it has been done before--to provide answers as to why they are not releasing records in due time.
For instance, he can also issue a report, and as you rightly pointed out, if his recommendations are not followed through, then he can go to the Federal Court. He can also come to this committee, which his predecessors have done, and issue a special report or go to the media, as an ombudsman will do.
Now, let me address the reverse side of it: what happens if we grant him order-making power? You will find that in Ontario a great number of the orders that are provided by the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner are challenged in court. So we're not going to solve the problem if instead of making a recommendation to an institution, which the Information Commissioner does at present, he makes an order and then the institution goes to the Federal Court. We're going to be tied up in courts for the next six years. We're still not going to have access to the records.
I think by providing the Information Commissioner with order-making power.... And I hasten to say that the Information Commissioner has only asked for order-making power for what he refers to as administrative complaints, not the serious ones--