Yes. In 2020, I tabled submissions on various elements, such as expanding the act's application to include ministers' offices and the Prime Minister's Office, because they aren't currently subject to the act. None of the information from those offices is accessible. I've also suggested expanding it to private entities that work for the government on behalf of the government. Taxpayer money is being used to deliver services to Canadians, and the information should also be made accessible.
At this time, my office doesn't review cabinet confidences. The Office of the Information Commissioner can't see them. I don't think they should be excluded from the act either, because an exemption, an exclusion, is often applied to certain documents. No one, whether it be me or a judge, can currently see the documents and ensure that the act is applied properly. I'm not saying that the documents should be accessible, but there should be a process for reviewing those documents to ensure that the act is applied as it should be.
Restrictions should also be set on consultations between institutions. Currently, institutions have 30 days to provide a response, but there is no prescribed deadline for the institutions that are consulted internally. That leads to a lot of delays in enforcing the act.
Apart from the exemptions, the exclusions, a number of elements should be reviewed.