I'm rather disturbed that the first meeting of our committee is focused on an obvious attack on CBC. I would encourage the Conservatives, if they have issues regarding CBC, if they want to take the side of Brian Lilley and the Sun machine in their continual attempt to get information from their number one competitor through access to information, to do so in a general review of access to information.
We have a number of issues with regard to access to information. For example, in the Togneri case, the access to information commissioner clearly found problems, yet the RCMP did not follow up. I don't know whether or not we need to examine the legislation in place to see if it provides the RCMP with the tools to follow through when people are breaking access to information obligations. There are problems for many people who are trying to get access from this government.
I think if we want to get into access to information it's an excellent issue, but it would look fairly partisan right now for the Conservatives to ignore all that and simply go after CBC. I think it sends the wrong message on day one.