We didn't discuss the $5 fee for access-to-information requests, but I find that asking for fees for an access-to-information request is a bit of a contradiction of the spirit of the act. What this means, and what I'm referring to, is that people make huge access-to-information requests so that they only pay $5 once instead of three times. This becomes extremely difficult to manage, which leads to delays and so on. We could learn from the experience of plenty of other legislative authorities that do not charge for access-to-information requests. Just from the administrative perspective, I get the feeling that handling the money coming in, doing the charge, doing the accounting, all that costs the government much more than the $5 asked.
On April 21st, 2016. See this statement in context.