Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I too thank you, Mr. Giorno, for appearing before the committee.
Having listened to your opening remarks and your responses to some of the questions that were put to you this morning, I'm having a real problem finding the reality of what you're saying in terms of the real situation and especially in light of the report that was released this morning by the interim information commissioner. There are two different pictures here.
I'm assuming that, given the work that was done by the interim information commissioner, you too must recognize that with what you're saying, despite the rosy picture being painted by Mr. Poilievre, a majority of the institutions she looked at are still not in fact complying with the act but are having some really serious issues. They're either given a failing grade or there's a red alert on one of those.
I want to go back to the situation of Mr. Sparrow, because you make a distinction between requests from the news media and ATIP requests. I wonder what that distinction is, because surely no matter who is requesting the information, the same principle of transparency and accountability must apply. So why would a routine request for information be flagged by the Prime Minister's Office, or the minister's office, as was the case for Mr. Sparrow, even if it was just a routine request from the news media?