I could again.
I think this is an opportunity to underscore two points in response. The example of travel expenses is a good example of the kind of information that should routinely be disclosed without access request, because it is information that is generally of interest to members of the public, whose tax dollars are going to fund travel. I know this is an increasingly widespread practice. My colleagues federally do this routinely. In our own office as well, I publish my own travel expenses without request every month on the website.
As to the cost of access to information, Canadian access laws do provide for the imposition of fees for access. They are not designed to be a complete cost recovery, generally speaking, nor should they be, because of the public benefit in making information available for accountability and transparency reasons. Even in those cases where fees are imposed, most statutes, certainly the second and now third-generation laws in Canada, have really comprehensive schemes for relief from fees, a public interest waiver of fees. In British Columbia one can have fees waived if you're not able to pay, if you simply cannot afford to pay. Our office is very active in overseeing decisions on fees and ordering the reduction or refund of fees on those important grounds.