Certainly the opportunity to make requests and receive information would not be impacted by the recommendation, as I understand it. I should underscore that although we have a discretion not to investigate cases in B.C., we do that only in the clearest of cases, and it is a small minority of cases. So we turn away very, very few people. It is a valuable tool for us. But in the vast majority of cases we still take on the appeal, so that we fulfill our role to vindicate the public's right of access to information by reviewing administrative decisions to deny access.
On March 11th, 2009. See this statement in context.