I was appointed Deputy Clerk under the Trudeau administration, Clerk under the Mulroney administration, Acting Privacy Commissioner under the Chrétien administration and Information Commissioner under Mr. Harper's administration. I've seen it from every angle. I've seen the debates from both sides. There are some things that are natural to some extent. It's easier to say things when you're in opposition and then to explain them when you're in power.
I prefer not to comment on performance from one government to another, other than to say that the Act has been eroded since it was passed. The Committee studied the Act in 1987, and successive commissioners stated that it had to be reformed. It's a bit like a teenager: if you don't pay attention, he goes the wrong way.