I'm in the middle of a statement to the witness, okay?
The importance here is that this is not the first time it's come before the Supreme Court. There have been challenges to the right of access in the past, and in this one here, if the decision does not come down correctly, then we have a step backwards in terms of the implicit right to know and the right to access of information. It is a democratic right that we believe in now that's being challenged in the courts. So a lot of the things we have been talking about now may be moot because governments can just say they're not going to show the leadership, they're not going to respond on a timely basis, and nobody can do anything about it. You know, they can say, “Take us to court.”
It is a very dangerous situation. I want to raise that with you because I hope we'll be able to have a further dialogue. You may come back to us, maybe after the decision comes out and with some of the fallout, because I think it's important. The committee is committed to, one way or another, addressing the current situation with regard to the Access to Information Act.