As I stated publicly, it is my deep conviction that, under the Access to Information Act, Cabinet confidences should be subject to an exemption, and not an exclusion with the certificate process laid out in section 39 of the Canada Evidence Act. Similarly, the Office of the Commissioner should have the right to review them independently to determine whether they are in fact Cabinet confidences. That is my own position on how the legislation should be structured.
At the end of the notes that provide additional information, I added national and international benchmarking. It shows us that a number of provinces and territories have already provided for this right of review, and that the same applies at the international level. I believe Canada should also move in that direction.