I would largely agree. I think a major problem is the $5 application fee, which makes it necessary to have a centralized website. If we abolish the $5 application fee and disallow people to order information from various departments, it could be done through email. In fact, in the United Kingdom, Australia, British Columbia, and Scotland there are no application fees; you just send an email. Take that $12.9 million and give it to the Information Commissioner so that they can do adequate oversight. I would be far more supportive of that than centralizing it.
To speak to the previous question about fear, I do think there is a concern of what the government is doing that motivates a lot of people's fears. The more centralization of the process for ordering information, I think, will only heighten Canadians' fears, so I would much rather see just abolishing the fee and letting people send emails if they want.