The statute provides for a series of exemptions and exclusions, things like national security, international affairs, commercial third-party relationships, and cabinet confidences. A carve-out was included for the major crown corporations like Canada Post and AECL. CBC has a journalistic carve-out. Those are the kinds of issues that.... The access provides for legitimate state secrets.
The application, the actual exercise of that discretion where it isn't mandatory, is where my investigations come into play as to whether the discretion was properly exercised.