The report that was tabled contains a lot of comments and findings about exemptions and exclusions that are not consistently applied or understood properly. However, it doesn't seem to have any recommendations to change the wording of these exemptions or to review the extensions of these exemptions, but rather to provide more guidance through policies and manuals.
We already have those. I think it's time to look at each exemption, each exclusion, and make decisions. Do we want section 21 on advice and recommendations to be for 20 years? Do we want cabinet confidence to still be prohibited from my review? Do we want to put a timeline for consultations in the act so that we don't rely on an institution's policy about that?
The act is 40 years old. I think it's time to look at each section, the way a real legislative review would have done. I didn't see that in the report. That's what I expected.