Yes, please. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
It's very clear what the minister would like us to do here. I'm getting the view, from his response to both of our reports on access to information and privacy, that he thinks more work needs to be done. His preference is not to do piecemeal changes to legislation, but to do comprehensive reviews. He has provided us with this very informative discussion paper that was prepared by former Commissioner Reid.
He's asking us very clearly to do a full study on access reform and meet with all the relevant stakeholders. That makes perfect sense. It's something this committee could very usefully do to discharge its duty to the public on these very important issues.
I didn't have a chance to review that paper. I understand it was done prior to my joining this committee. There was some discussion earlier about it, but I wasn't part of that.
It seems to me that's a very reasonable way to approach legislation. There are lots of interested stakeholders out there who would like to make their views known on these important issues. I'd like to see our committee undertake that kind of study.