We live in the age of instant information—this is 2009—and we have a system that is taking longer and longer. What we have in some departments is various lacunae in terms of handling digital information. The system has a very weak compliance model, so there are no real incentives in the legislation or anywhere in the system to ensure that there are timely responses to access to information requests. In this day and age of instant information, of 24-hour media, if it takes one, two, or three years to receive information, then the right of access is no longer relevant.
On November 3rd, 2009. See this statement in context.