Nathan Cullen at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On November 1st, 2017. See this statement in context.

November 1st, 2017 / 4:50 p.m.

NDP

Nathan Cullen NDP Skeena—Bulkley Valley, BC

I have a question about this whole notion of “vexatious” or “too many documents”. What is too many?

You mentioned “a large number” in your submission. Who determines what “a large number” is? Your office has about 1000 pages as a benchmark; above that is considered large, and below that, not, but I notice that Treasury Board thinks it's 500.

What worries me in Bill C-58 are these subjective terms. The application of “vexatious”, “too large”, or “inconvenient” to government is defined by whom? Can you help us out there?

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