My point here is that Parliament has recognized that the public right to access to information needs to be balanced against the legitimate needs to protect sensitive information—I think we can all reasonably agree on that—versus the effect of a transparent functioning government. Accordingly, the act recognizes the right of government institutions to deny access to information in areas such as, for example, national defence, some commercial confidentiality, implications for solicitor-client privilege, and some personal privacy matters. So I just want to develop that a little bit more.
My questions, then, would be as follows. Is it true that some departments or agencies have more segregated information than others and may hold sensitive information? I'm thinking again of National Defence, Public Works, Industry Canada. Can you explain how that might affect these requests, and certainly refer back to consultation in terms of how that may contribute in that context as well? I don't have any more questions, so feel free to....