Well, the fee structure is almost as old as the statute, and a $5 cheque is worth probably $1.06 right now. It probably costs $55 to process a $5 cheque, so in that sense, I don't think it makes any sense at all anymore.
I think there has to be a reasonable fee to contain.... If I'm going to ask for every document in a government department and I'm willing to pay for the photocopies, then so be it, but I think a reasonable fee has a role to play in terms of cost.
But a fee for cost recovery in this system is an aberrant concept in my view. That's not the spirit of the law. What did the charter cost? What did the BNA cost? You amortize these kinds of laws over the life of a nation. You don't look at cost recovery for the rights of individuals to know what their governments are doing.