Thank you, Mr. Member.
This is what I would say. We've experienced quite an increase in freedom of information requests. At a certain point, it's related to a changing government. Really, I think the way you can use this initiative to actually address that is to deconstruct what kind of request you're getting and what is absolutely amenable to just releasing the information regularly and proactively. There's a fair amount of those requests where you can do that.
The Vancouver Police Department uses this, for example. When media put forward FOI requests, they post that on their website. So actually by posting the requests you're getting, and you're not able to identify the requester, that also opens it up and makes it more transparent for the public and everybody to know what we're dealing with. Without any disrespect to my colleague, there is some silliness around FOI sometimes that consumes an enormous amount of time. By being transparent about what people are asking for, that helps mitigate that, and it helps the privacy commissioner understand what you're dealing with when you're having difficulty responding.
I've spent my whole career dealing with a statute that encourages us to share information. It's very, very important. I think, really, we have to continually transform how we're doing that business to make sure we are responsive under the law and responding to our citizens' needs. Sometimes it's not easy, but you have to remain creative. This open data initiative will do nothing but actually help us with that.