Before information is made available, we have to make sure that we are allowed to make it available. In some areas, information is circulated rather freely between various individuals with no consideration for who has rights, who is responsible and who is allowed to make the information available.
We have to make sure in all cases that we are not giving access to information that could be prejudicial to a sector other than our own. In the case of research, information belongs to a university or a researcher. We must do our due diligence and make sure that the information being published is Canada's, that we have the right to publish it and that it is not prejudicial to anyone.
The minister must implement processes for that purpose. The Treasury Board directive, which is currently in a draft form, will require that departments do this, but they have the control over their data.