The current legislation has a 20-year timeline before any release. Clearly we're recommending that be revised.
The legislation proposed under the Open Government Act reduces it to 15 years. Many jurisdictions have it at five years. If it's a discretionary exemption, it's cabinet's call that maybe it would be in the public interest to release something before those timelines are reached.
Right now I can't criticize the clerk for saying this is excluded, because it is under the law. He doesn't even have the choice of recommending it be disclosed; it says “excluded”.