There is a current feeling that Quebeckers and Canadians are raising questions about the transparency of our institutions. I actually think that delays in processing access to information requests are making that feeling worse.
I would like to add something to what Dr. Bennett said a little earlier. Putting more of these documents online would help to reduce the number of access to information requests. Though there may be additional translation costs, the fact that people can look things up on a website more easily would reduce the number of access to information requests.
Would the translation costs not be balanced by savings in research? The fact that the documents are available to more people would significantly reduce the number of access to information requests.