Thank you, Chair.
Thank you for appearing today, Mr. Whelan. Your testimony is very helpful, as were the documents you distributed ahead of time.
I just want to note that in the submission of the ombudsman to the law committee on Bill 82, there is a really good summary of the statement around fee structures and penalizing taxpayers for access to information that they've already paid for. I think that was a very helpful statement for me. I know you've already talked about that with Ms. Simson.
You referenced a couple of UN agreements or declarations: the UN principles on freedom of information and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Is it helpful to explicitly mention those in access to information legislation as part of that legislation or in the preamble? Does that have an interpretive value? Or is that something you would recommend?