Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I would like to thank the members of the committee for allowing me to move my motion now.
The Access to Information Act has been around for 25 years and has been reviewed a number of times. In 2000, a working group that included the president of the Treasury Board and the Minister of Justice was set up. In November 2001, there was the Bryden committee. In 2005, our committee asked the Information Commissioner, John Reid, to draft a bill. The bill was drafted, but then there was an election, which put an end to that. Private members have also introduced bills.
The Access to Information Act has been studied so many times that we already have all of the reports we need. We know that Mr. Marleau came out and said that the act was a disaster and that he was going to put forward something new in May.
With this motion, I want the committee to ask the government to draft a bill that brings the Access to Information Act into line with what is actually going on because after 25 years, the act is behind the times.