Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I would like to thank Mrs. Freeman for being so passionate about the Access to Information Act. She is very passionate about this issue and knows a lot about it. Unfortunately, I do not agree with her motion. I do not disagree with the underlying principle, but I cannot support it for practical reasons.
March 31 will be here before we know it, and it is not realistic to think that a bill like this can be introduced in two months. Maybe we could reconsider the deadlines. If we were to pass this motion, no government on earth would be able to produce a bill that big by March 31, which is what Mrs. Freeman wants. That is the problem with this motion.
I understand the urgency behind these reforms. We have been talking about this for a long time. I can see that many of the members are very passionate about this issue. I understand why they are moving this motion, but we will make more progress if we are more realistic about the dates.