Peter Braid at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On May 6th, 2009. See this statement in context.

May 6th, 2009 / 4:50 p.m.

Conservative

Peter Braid Conservative Kitchener—Waterloo, ON

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I'm of course just parachuted in today as a substitute. I've quickly read some of the material.

Thank you very much to the witnesses for being here this afternoon and as always for the very thoughtful perspective of the CBA.

I just wanted to focus on two areas, first of all, with respect to recommendation 5. Again, I profess I'm new to this issue, but I have some dismay that there might be a burning desire out in the Canadian public to learn more about access to information. Could you elaborate a little bit on perhaps what might be behind this recommendation and what the goals and the purpose of public education in this area might be and what they might achieve?

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