Thank you very much. It's great for you to come and give us an update on the progress.
I think you won't be surprised by this first question. Is there really an open government strategy for the government? If so, could you table it with us in terms of what, by when, and how?
Everything we've heard is that unless it really comes from the top that “thou shalt be open”, that nothing seems to happen. I think we're a little concerned that without a real strategy--what, by when, and how--we're not getting anywhere.
I think we're a little concerned that the Government Information Quarterly says that we were the best in the parliamentary democracies and are now the worst. As well, the OECD paper from last November, in the chapter on Canada, states that in the fall of 2010 there will be a launch of a new portal providing one-stop access to federal data, a single window, yada yada, but it also says we are “exploring the development of open data policies”.
Does this mean we do not have an open data policy? When can we expect the single portal, which the OECD document says was going to be last fall?