Good afternoon everyone and thank you for being here.
I'm going to ask my general questions, and you will decide who should answer them.
Earlier we talked about people who make numerous requests and it was said that a new management method had to be found to prevent abuses. However, we know that the media are major users of the Access to Information Act and that their role is to inform the public. To document and inform the public by respecting their code of ethics, journalists must obtain documentation and report true and verified facts. You talked about abuses. What are they? Witnesses have often told us that the media make excessive use of access requests. Do you think this is an abuse or simply a form of professional ethics that journalists have established for themselves by validating the information they report?
In the same line of thinking, as my colleague said so well, under the current disclosure process, when we request information, it is virtually struck out and the information we need isn't there. It isn't unusual for one of us who submits a request to have to repeat the same request in order to obtain additional information. I believe that also contributes to an increase in the workload of the commissioner's office.