Thank you very much. I appreciate it, and I can tell you that if you did send me back to the opposition at some point in the future, I enjoyed my work on these committees, and I considered it valuable. I hope you enjoy your time and view it as valuable as well.
This is not a new issue around access to information. In Parliament, particularly for those of us who've been around—Mr. Calkins has been around a while, I've been around a while—these are long-standing issues. The Information Commissioner has over a period of time made her and her office's views clear. There is a body of information to feed into this.
That doesn't obviate the need for and the importance of the work being done by this committee. This is early in the process. We will be taking seriously the work of this committee, the report, and also other evidence or testimony to this committee, as we shape this. But let's be clear, there are commitments we've made, both to Canadians but also in terms of my mandate letters, that we take seriously. There's an overriding commitment in terms of evidence-based decision-making, and if you have some thoughts—