That was a private member's bill, and it was Carole Beaumier, not Carole Lavallée, who sponsored the bill in 1997. It was an amendment that is now section 67.1, which makes it a criminal offence to destroy documents. It flowed from the Somalia inquiry issues and the blood inquiry issues of the early 1990s. It was a significant amendment in the sense that it was a message to all who are in ATI that they are duty bound not only to respond, but to preserve. So it probably is the most significant since 1983.
Bill C-2, the Federal Accountability Act, broadened the scope of the statute, but when you look at the scope of what was done, you have crown corporations and you have parliamentary officers and a few foundations. So it's an improvement, but there are also, as I said in earlier testimony, new exemptions and exclusions added that cause me concern.