Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
I would like to thank all of the witnesses for their participation. We always appreciate their testimony.
My first questions are for Ms. Francoli.
On May 10th last, I was reading an article in La Presse. Amongst other things, the piece was about the poor quality of the search engine on the donnees.gc.ca website, and about the lack of communication following feedback from users. The piece also criticized the lack of transparency which came as a result of the elimination of the long-form census, in addition to the fact that the short-form census had cost taxpayers another $22 million. All of this showed that there were serious problems.
You remember that the Government of Canada participated in an international initiative to get governments to give more power to their citizens, to promote this fact, to improve transparency, to fight against corruption and to take advantage of new technologies in order to strengthen governance. This is the government's responsibility, and not that of citizens.
In your view, how does the Government of Canada fare compared to other G8 members in the race towards transparent data and as far as its commitment is concerned?