Chairman, I'll be consistent in my answering. Decisions about the Access to Information Act are made by members of the non-partisan public service who have received specific delegations of authority. They do so without taking instructions from political staff members because it's inappropriate for a political staff member to give instructions. It would be a violation of accountable government. And of course no political staff member has received a delegation of authority under the Access to Information Act; therefore no political staff member has authority to make access to information decisions. It therefore follows that any credit for these improvements goes to the credit of the public servants who are making these decisions and their deputy ministers.
On behalf of the Clerk of the Privy Council, who is also the former Secretary to the Treasury Board specifically responsible for access to information, I'll accept your compliment and pass it on. But, really, it's deputy ministers, the Clerk of the Privy Council, and the Secretary to the Treasury Board who are responsible for ensuring that those public servants are compliant with the act in discharging their responsibilities.