Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Good afternoon, Mr. Marleau, Ms. Neil, and Ms. Legault.
We had an opportunity to get to know each other during your past life, Mr. Marleau. You did an excellent job, and people are still referring to your texts.
Mr. Marleau, when opposition members ask questions in the House of Commons about access to information of the Treasury Board President, he says that things could not be better. This afternoon, the picture does not look as clear and unblemished as the minister suggests. You have produced an excellent report, in which you make a number of recommendations. This all speaks to the high quality of your work. But this can all be done—and I am sure you know this as well—only if there is a political will to amend the act, to implement your recommendations and to earmark the human resources required to remove the dust from this old legislation. But we seem to be getting bogged down.
You and I both know that we have to use access to information regularly when we do not get information from the department. Access to information is our last resort. That leads us to ask certain questions. Does the government have the political will to change things? Have you cried for help? Have you told the minister that you were getting bogged down, that you did not have the human resources or the budget you need? I would also like to know whether there have been any increases since 2006. I'm sure there has been an increase in the number of requests.
I will have another question later on.