The cancellation of CAIRS was referenced earlier by Mr. Dechert. It was quite an important tool. Like any tool, it can be used in a positive or a negative way. There was reference to negative usage by the government in terms of amber lighting, but it was also a tool that would allow members of Parliament and journalists to actually track what is going on with access to information requests, both individually and also to see whether or not there are patterns.
With this tool gone, have we diminished our abilities to access information, in terms of how the process works, that particular aspect of it? Was it a tool of benefit to journalists and MPs on individual issues that may be amber lighted and to see a pattern of whether a government is living up to its commitment to transparency?
Here's the second part to this. Since it was cancelled, has amber lighting continued as a policy of this government?