The way I think about the Access to Information Act--I remember that Monsieur Marleau used this expression in his opening remarks in the spring—is the same way I speak about our legislation internationally: I consider our legislation to be the grandmother of legislation.
So yes, it does have some fundamental tenets that are very well enshrined. And we do have, let's face it, the benefit of having implemented the legislation within our institutions for 26 years. In that respect, we are ahead of many other countries.
Legislation is not sufficient: that being said, the act has fallen behind. Stanley Tromp's piece is actually very accurate, because we have fallen behind, not only internationally but also compared with our provincial and territorial counterparts, whose legislation has either been amended recently or has come into force after our own federal legislation.