All right. Thank you.
Now, just for the record, in response to Mr. Poilievre's comments about the record of this Conservative government, it should be noted that the percentage of requests where all information is disclosed has fallen dramatically since this government has come into power, and the percentage of complaints filed with the information commissioner has increased dramatically. I think we need to set the record straight.
That said, in this morning's press conference the information commissioner said that there is a “lack of will to be transparent”. She also said that Canada is “no longer a transparency leader”. This is Canada's information commissioner. She also said that we need to change the legislation, essentially to force the government to comply with time requirements.
What that tells me is that, notwithstanding that you may have been operative in creating this kind of law when you were practising law, just because you participated in making the law doesn't mean you feel a necessity to comply with it.
Frankly, Mr. Giorno, it seems to me that the only reason the information commissioner would recommend changing the law is because of this government's systemic problem with always bending and pushing the envelope, at every level.
Could you tell me why you would think the information commissioner would want to change the law to force compliance? And if that is a valid request, would you suggest to the Prime Minister that he change the law?