I would question our overall spending on access to information. If we had fewer exemptions and exclusions in the act, then it would cost less to have government documents released to the public. That simply makes logical sense. As an example, in fiscal year 2014-15, in Canada, the cost per closed request was about $1,000. In the United States it was $623.76 U.S. That is less than we are paying in Canada to administer the access to information system.
In addition to resulting in greater openness, fixing the exclusions and exemptions in the act will also reduce the amount of time and the cost associated with the access to information system.