I was about to get back to the minister.
I can't help but think there's a connection here. The minister is worried. The minister may not want these quick fixes because the government is worried about providing transparency. In their platform they said clearly and unambiguously that they wanted greater transparency. We had session after session where we went through this and heard from witnesses. There was a consensus at this committee table. A well-thought-through and well-documented report was tabled in the House, and it's been dismissed out of hand.
Why does the government want to hide behind a veil of bureaucratic secrecy? Why is the PCO stopping Canadian citizens, their elected representatives, and the media from accessing information about what the government is doing with Canadian tax dollars--the people's money?
I can't help but feel that we would not be acting responsibly if we didn't call the minister before this committee to explain why he, as a minister of the crown, is acting on behalf of the government in this manner; why this government does not want access to information; and why they don't want transparency in the way they go about governing our country.