Canadians now can see how these institutions spend their tax dollars. This is something that was sorely lacking, and I'm glad to see that our government did take action on it.
I want to return for a moment to the opening comments you made. In the first paragraph, you comment about “the social and economic benefits of sharing information with the public in accessible and open formats”.
You go on to say “governments, at various levels, understand that collaborating with citizens helps their citizens to make informed decisions, promotes their engagement, instils trust in government...”. Certainly I have no argument with that.
Then you go on to talk about the stimulation and innovation and economic activities. You mention that again later in your brief, and also you mentioned it a few times today.
Can you expand a bit as to how open government would promote innovation and economic activity? I'd like to have a couple of examples so I can understand that.