Thank you, Mr. Giorno, for appearing.
I think you and this government are deserving of praise for the improvements in access to information that the country has seen over the last four years. Those improvements are measured by tangible, objective standards like the fact that the number of agencies and institutions covered by ATIP has almost doubled since we took office. Roughly 59 new agencies and institutions have been added, and in a whole series of departments that were already covered there have been major improvements in the grading. I look at, for example, the gradings that were offered by previous information commissioners of departments during the previous Liberal government, and I notice that my colleague across the way has made particular reference to your department, the Privy Council Office, and that according to today's report, PCO received a D.
Now, you've acknowledged the need for us to continue to strive more and work hard to improve, but you're building on what we inherited from the previous Liberal government, which was: in 2004 PCO was graded F; in 2005, F; and in 2006, F. From that moment the government took office, and there has been steady improvement.
You have a background in working on access to information. Can you tell us the experience you have in dealing with ATIP laws prior to your current role as chief of staff?