Thank you, Mr. Chairman; and thank you, Commissioner Maynard, for being with us today.
Through Bill C-58, passed during the previous Parliament, the Information Commissioner was given unprecedented new responsibilities and authorities, including the power to order institutions to release records at the end of an investigation when the commissioner found that the complaint was well founded. The commissioner now is also able to issue such orders on new complaints that cannot satisfactorily be resolved through informal resolution mechanisms that you also have in place.
Can you tell us how this is helpful to you and how it has improved your work and maybe even helped with the issue of delays in rendering decisions?