Thanks, Mr. Chair.
I lived through the Harper regime, which was absolutely terrible for transparency. We saw attacks on independent officers of Parliament by slashing budgets. The current Prime Minister came to power saying that he would be moving to be open by default, that the government would be open by default.
Ms. Maynard, you mentioned in your annual report last year, and I quote you:
Over the course of my time as Commissioner, I have observed the steady decline of the access to information system to the point where it no longer serves its intended purpose.
You've noted that you are underfinanced for the work that you need to do on behalf of Canadians, and you've raised a whole number of recommendations that, for the moment, have not moved anywhere, including the duty to document, the need for access to cabinet confidences and an independent funding mechanism.
Would it be fair to say that without the government moving forward on all of those recommendations, the idea of this government being open by default is simply ridiculous, given that the government has not moved to implement any of the measures that would bring us to a more transparent level, particularly when it comes to government procurement?