My role is not to determine the intention of people using the system.
However, I see some odd requests. A representative from the Canadian Taxpayers Federation who appeared before your committee told you that he had submitted a request to test the system.
I think those were his words.
Mr. Dusseault, he sent in a request to find out the name and address of the president of the CBC. The system sent him an answer. I am not convinced that testing a system that way is making good use of it.
Suppose a competitor sends one of their announcers or feature performers into the hall of our building in Toronto to make a scene, and then goes back home to submit an access to information request to see what was said about the scene. In that case, I am not convinced that the system is being used properly. But that is my personal opinion.
Far be it from me to impute motive to people who want to make a fair and reasonable request under the Access to Information Act. My opinion goes back to your initial remark. As I have repeated many times, we fully agree that the public broadcaster must be subject to the Access to Information Act for all matters dealing with general administration.