It is definitely true that the Federal Accountability Act did two positive things. First, it recognized that the act is very limited, so it extended it to some more agencies. Second, it put in a little stronger clause—I don't want to go much further—on the duty to assist requesters. It fell down, though, by making special deals with some of the crown corporations—Export Development Corporation, Atomic Energy, and so on—so that they got even better secrecy deals, better exemptions, better exclusions than the rest, and this has had a trickle-down effect. I often use the act, and I don't get many records from those agencies. I get blank pages. So you have to question the wisdom. If you're going to do it, make it a level playing field.
By the way, I'm not singling out the current government—the discussions were under way with the mandarins before this government came in.