Mr. Chair, I have seen the letter that arrived at my office at 5:00 p.m. yesterday.
Regarding that letter, I do not understand what Mr. Nicholson is saying at all. He is asking us to go back to work, to reconsider things. A report has already been published. We have already done all the consultations. In fact, we have been holding consultations for years. The committee has worked on the question. All the information is available. I think it is now time to proceed.
Once again, this response from Mr. Nicholson is a non-response. He is saying things that have no point, given that the report has already been made and the recommendations submitted. It is not just a matter of the government's desire to prepare a bill. We cannot continue working on it. We have done the work.
I propose that we invite Mr. Nicholson to meet with the committee members and parliamentarians. I think that is the minimum. He can't keep sending us responses like this that get us nowhere. I move that the committee ask Mr. Nicholson to appear before us so we can have a clear talk with him about the reasons why he is not bringing forward a new access to information bill, when everything has been done and all the recommendations have been submitted.