Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Madame Legault, the public has a right to know what their government is doing. It's a fundamental cornerstone of our democracy. Yet this government seems obsessed with secrecy. In your own testimony you suggested that enforcement of the ATI Act would be a lot cheaper if the government would in fact err on the side of the spirit of the act, which is to reveal information and to share information, rather than secrecy.
It's the culture of secrecy that allowed corruption to flourish under the Liberal years, and yet this government seems obsessed with secrecy. It's almost a paranoid obsession to never reveal anything unless somebody, as if pulling teeth, manages to eke it out of them.
Can you expand on your comment? I'm reading from your comments where you say that it would cost a lot less if the government actually followed the spirit of the legislation, which would result in disclosure rather than secrecy. Is it your testimony that the government is not complying with the spirit and the letter of the Access to Information Act?