Thank you.
Please excuse me for making a bit of a weak comparison. When a search warrant is issued during a criminal investigation, you have to be extremely precise about what you're asking for—you're not allowed to go fishing, for example. It's clear, understood and accepted. But when a request for information is so broad, at least as far as I can see, can we ask for almost anything, and the fact of asking for the information won't have any repercussions, if I use a criminal investigation as comparison?
What I'm referring to here are the comments of certain organizations and journalists who appeared before the committee. They assured us that this doesn't apply to fishing trips, but there is no limit to what you can ask, although you want to know what the purpose of the request is. You can't ask an individual who says they aren't fishing why they want access to a given piece of information. If information considered to be public is accessible to everyone, there is no limit to the information that can be requested. I could ask for access to a Government of Canada database, and there would be no limit. To me, no fishing trip is finer than that.
What's your opinion on that?