Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you, Minister.
Just to come back to the motion on what this hearing is all about, Minister, you talked extensively in your remarks about the Canada action plan and why the advertising is taking place. But this hearing is really about allegations of systemic political interference by ministers' offices to block, delay, or obstruct the release of information to the public regarding the operations of government departments. In this particular case, it's your department.
You mentioned that there was a media story that involved Ryan Sparrow, in which it was alleged that he blocked attempts by bureaucrats to reveal the price tag of the ads that were aimed to promote the Conservative budgetary measures. We will be hearing from Mr. Sparrow at a later date.
On the same day that information came out, you were questioned in the House, and you indicated that you would be looking at this example and taking it into consideration to see how you could improve on the process in the future.
Could you then tell us what you found and what action you've taken to improve the situation so that information is getting out as it should be to the public under the access to information and other means?