Rémi Massé at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On March 22nd, 2016. See this statement in context.

March 22nd, 2016 / 8:55 a.m.

Liberal

Rémi Massé Liberal Avignon—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia, QC

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I want to thank the witnesses for participating in the committee's work. It is greatly appreciated.

My questions are mostly for the representatives of the Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship.

You talked about the high number of access to information requests you have received, 34,000 of which were submitted over the course of last year. Could you explain, in general terms, why there are so many requests?

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