Kelly Block at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On April 1st, 2009. See this statement in context.

April 1st, 2009 / 4:30 p.m.

Conservative

Kelly Block Conservative Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar, SK

I'm just asking you about the most significant reform.

I want to move on to another question.

Mr. Drapeau and Mr. Racicot, in their article in The Hill Times, specifically questioned the wisdom of giving the Access to Information Act a global reach without first addressing the present wait times for information. We have raised similar concerns in this committee as well. Can you please tell this committee what you think the consequences of expanding the current scope of the ATIA from approximately 30 million Canadians and others with direct ties to this country to over four billion people worldwide would be?

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