I have to say that our access to information community has done a fantastic job in keeping up with an ever-increasing volume of access to information requests. While the resources assigned have grown, there's always a limit to what you can assign. The policies, the best practices, and the instruments we publish in this regard are meant to allow the community to perform in the best way possible and while respecting all of the requirements of the legislation.
In the area of open data, our goal is to come up with a policy direction and standards and best practices that departments will be able to adopt. This outcome will in fact be inspired by the fine work of our pioneer departments, such as Environment and NRCan. However, not all departments have the resources, the skill, or even the experience base that some of the scientific departments have in stepping up to the plate. Not all departments published the Atlas of Canada in 1906, or the first meteorological survey. Clearly the science departments have a huge leg up on some of the other policy departments.