I understand the request for access, and I think it's important that legitimate requests are honoured and answered in a timely manner. I have no problem with that. But the skeptic in me begins to wonder if some of these requests are actually requests for information for information's sake, or simply to make a point. I know you can't judge that, nor can I, but I am concerned that we don't simply go down this path and have an unwieldy budget that ends up actually shortchanging some of the significant work that we expect the department to do, that should be their primary focus.
On November 30th, 2010. See this statement in context.