Thank you, Chair.
Thank you to the witness for being here today to share her expertise.
I was a journalist in my former life, and I filed many what we called “FOI requests” back in the day. At the Hamilton Spectator in the late 1990s, it was mandated that reporters would file a certain number of requests. It was seen as a good way to dig up information. Some members of Parliament opposite do it a lot as well.
Things have changed a lot since then. Back in those days, it could cost hundreds of dollars to get that information. It still took months, and then you'd get a bill for how much it was expected to cost, depending on how many documents would come back. Today, I understand there is a base fee of $5 and I'm wondering how much that has changed the work of your commission.
How much has it changed the work, the type of work and the number of requests you get?