Thank you, Chair.
Thank you, gentlemen, for appearing once again before the committee. I think your reappearance speaks to the fundamental importance of having an access to information regime that actually works and does what it's supposed to, and to the importance that has in our democratic system.
Because I've asked you the questions that I started with on every other witness, I won't get into how fundamental this is to democracy.
Mr. Beeby, I want to take a bit of a different angle here and go on to the human rights implications of having access to information.
I know you've done a fair amount of writing on human rights. Are there connections you would make between the access to information regime being effective, and needing to ensure the human rights of marginalized Canadians and also those around the world? I'm just curious if that is a connection you would make, and if you could expand on it.