Mr. Chair, as I stated before, to do so, in my view, would be going against the trend internationally in terms of the access to information regime. That being said, whether or not to move to a certain cost recovery system is a policy decision .
I would perhaps issue a word of caution about administering a cost recovery system. One has to look at how much it would cost to administer that versus its benefits. I think the corollary has to be that in the public interest, for non-governmental organizations, non-profit organizations, and academics, fees should be waived.
As to whether it exists in other legislation, we know it exists in British Columbia, so there are examples to follow.