The minister also had some concerns with regard to recommendation number 3, and I'd just like to quote what he said there:
Recommendation 3 is that the commissioner be provided with order-making power for administrative matters. The commissioner describes this as a third model, a hybrid of the ombudsman model and the tribunal model. As this recommendation stands, a government institution could decide to appeal the commissioner's orders regarding, for example, extensions of time. As a result, the resources of the Federal Court could be increasingly occupied with disputes about the Access to Information Act's administrative or procedural matters.
My question is, aren't you concerned that this recommendation would consume additional resources to fulfill the mandate, as it seems to me that we're creating these additional bureaucracies, more red tape, and, consequently more costs as well?