A second question I have for you is about this creep across to policy. The government says they believe in an initiative—a CPP change or a small business tax policy—and the press do their job and say, “Give us the reasons why.” A typical experience would be, “Here are our points and this is what we think is good about this idea.”
The use of access to information to get basic government policy and the cost estimates and benefits of the policy seems to me to be an encroachment into some dangerous places in terms of basic accountability.