Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thanks very much, Mr. Giorno, for being here this morning and clarifying these issues with us.
I know that in your opening statement you said that government takes the access to information requests very seriously. Certainly that's the way it should be, and I was certainly glad to hear you say that. I firmly believe also that access to information is the public's right and that they need to know that.
We've heard some different statistics here today. We've heard some reference to the report that was tabled this morning, and we've heard some rebuttal on what some of the improvements are when you go back and look at some of the other reports that have been tabled. I think that's significant. I think that we need to not lose track of that. I think we need to be clear that there have been some improvements made, and I think that we're all certainly free to admit that there need to be more improvements made.
So I think we're heading in the right direction. I think the policy is right. I think we need to continue on with the act the way we intend to.
You also said in your opening remarks that these requests are certainly taken very seriously and they're not to be interfered with by political staff. Since you've become chief of staff--I think it was in 2008 or thereabouts--what have you done to instill the importance of maintaining an open and transparent government among the political staff members?