Thank you, Chair.
Welcome again, Mr. Page. We're pleased to have you with us.
It strikes me as ironic, sir, with a government first elected in 2006 on accountability and transparency, how hard you've had to work to draw out the information you need to do your job.
I'm sure you realize that the effect on parliamentarians' ability to do due diligence, which is crucial and is expected by Canadians, is impeded to a great degree by the size of omnibus bills that have come before us and by the fact that one committee, for the most part, is charged with reviewing them.
The role of a committee should be to make bills better. It should look at the problems in the bill and work to make the bill better. Do you think it would be better if the content of those bills and the ability to amend them were distributed to the more appropriate committees that align with the particular departments affected and the laws that are affected?