But at our last meeting, you did agree that one of the reasons we have suffered from the backlogs, and one of the reasons the 30-day window is not being met as often as it once was, is the enormous expansion of the Access to Information Act introduced by the Conservative government under the Federal Accountability Act. That has generated more traffic and, therefore, more delays. Whenever you expand the scope of any kind of initiative, whether it be access to information or anything else, and you involve more people in its usage, you can add to the delays for people who are already using that system.
On March 9th, 2009. See this statement in context.