I think it should. It would make sense to have some exemptions for business secrets or trade secrets. I look, for example, at the CBC. Certain aspects of their work are covered; certain are exempt. I think they have too many exemptions and I think they're too slow, but that's an example of a hybrid approach. There are certain editorial matters that are outside the scope of access to information. I think that's fair, but other things, like spending on limousines, are properly within the scope of access to information. I don't have the history or experience of my friends, but I think for public accountability—that's the business I'm in as a sceptical journalist, and that's the purpose of the act—my default answer would be yes. That's the Prime Minister's default: default towards openness.
On May 12th, 2016. See this statement in context.