Point taken to my experienced colleague across the way.
The motion that we didn't move was to look at the G-8 Open Data Charter, which is an initiative across the G-8 countries. It's to study and assess how the government's open data practices could be developed.
Pat, you and I talked about this last week. This could be some really substantial work. There was mention of this initiative in economic action plan 2014. It is very much an exploration. The government doesn't know the answer. Other governments don't know the answer. We just know that we have to go in that general direction.
This is some work I think we could be very proud of in the sense that this will leave a blueprint for the government for the months and years ahead in terms of how it provides information to Canadians. I think we have to do some thinking about the kinds of witnesses we want to bring in. It would be witnesses from the private sector, people who have ideas about how they can make effective use of data from the government; witnesses from other countries, sharing what their experiences are; witnesses from other provinces and other jurisdictions also; and then also witnesses from the government.
There are some interesting developments, and I'd like to undertake this study, bearing in mind some of the other oversight responsibilities that we have with respect to estimates and also some of the agencies and crown corporations. I think this will be a very meaningful study for us to undertake in the coming months.