I appreciate the question and I appreciate the research that the member has conducted prior to this meeting.
I would say that elected officials are in a role different from journalists'. Elected officials were elected by the public to serve the public. Journalists serve the public in another way, but we are not directly, for the most part, paid for by the public; nor are we chosen by the public to do the job that we do.
I would say that there is a greater onus on transparency for public officials than there would be for journalists, although I take your point. We make decisions on a fairly regular basis, especially if one is functioning in an investigative capacity, about what information should be publicized and what information should not be.
The criteria that we use are far narrower than the criteria that are currently in the Access to Information Act. For example, we wouldn't necessarily publish something that is simply of a private interest as opposed to a public interest. That would be a big one. Is it necessary for the public, for their decision-making, to understand that something happened? In cases in which it isn't, we decide not to publish. That is very different, however, from what we're talking about when it comes to, for example, cabinet. I would argue that the vast bulk of what goes on in cabinet and in government is in the public interest.