I'm feeling this may not go over very well either, Mr. Chair, but this is an exception, and I would ask that section 17 of the Access to Information Act be replaced by the following. The first part is the same:
The head of a government institution may refuse to disclose any record requested under this Part that contains information the disclosure of which could reasonably be expected
Now here's what we would add:
to threaten the safety or mental or physical health of individuals, or that could reasonably be expected to increase the risk of extinction of an endangered species or increase the risk of damage to a sensitive ecological or historic site.
I will point out that there's a section to that effect in the B.C. Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. It gives great comfort to indigenous Canadians that such a section is there. This act is silent. It's something that's been called for for a long time.