Well, I think in the recommendations that I made to the committee, Mr. Chair, I even advocated a broader scope. I included the courts in those recommendations and I included Parliament, and by Parliament I mean the three constituent parts of Parliament, the House of Commons, the Senate, and the Governor General, in terms of their administrative responsibilities.
The minister does talk about judicial privilege and parliamentary privilege. I know something about parliamentary privilege, maybe less so than judicial privilege, but what is the cost to judicial privilege to find out how much lunch costs for the Supreme Court justices? Very little, I think. How many drivers do they have? How many cars? What's the car pool? There is a whole series of administrative issues that we should know about as Canadians.
So in terms of the broadened Federal Accountability Act, I've applauded that. I've certainly applauded the broadened ATI through the Fed AA and I think there's more to be done. I think any federal institution subsidized or paid for by the taxpayers ought to be subject to ATI, always respecting whatever constitutional or traditional privilege applies. We're not talking about making members' offices access to information, but the administration of the House and the Senate ought to be.
As a taxpayer, I pay for that. I should know either through ATI or voluntary disclosure. I was clerk when the Board of Internal Economy decided to do a certain voluntary disclosure about members' expenses and it was a big step forward. Every year your expenses by category and members' offices are published and I think Canadians have a right to know that.