Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Wernick and Mr. LaPointe. Your testimony is very useful to us in connection with the current work of this committee.
I'm going to start with you, Mr. LaPointe.
You did an interview a few years ago in the Courier where you talked about Germany's transparency law, which creates, as you know, that legal obligation to disclose information and puts the onus on those who don't want a document released to argue against its release, as opposed to putting the onus on those who do want a document released to argue about why it should be released.
How would this approach have an impact on access to information nationally? Is it the kind of approach you think should be implemented federally?