Bob Dechert at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On March 11th, 2009. See this statement in context.

March 11th, 2009 / 4:55 p.m.

Conservative

Bob Dechert Conservative Mississauga—Erindale, ON

Thanks very much for that.

I'd like to pose a question to Mr. Rankin.

Mr. Rankin, I know you are a lawyer in private practice, as I was. Certainly in my practice, over 25 years, I was often in the situation of requesting information on behalf of clients for preparation of memos of law, and also preparation of cases.

Could you comment on your view about cost recovery in relation to information from the government in the same way that lawyers often pay, for example, fees for legal search services when they're putting together memos of law?

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