A Trojan Horse.... Okay.
This is, again, the issue around the ministerial responsibility. The original clause doesn't specifically mention the responsible minister. The rationale for this is that there does not appear to be a valid reason to exempt a minister acting in a regulatory capacity from the duty to provide the information to the commission, board, or other decision-maker in proposed subsection 197(1).
It is impractical and unnecessary for proposed subsection 197(1) to invite debates between other government departments and the commission, a board, or other decision-makers regarding whether the decision-maker requires information. The act should leave it to the decision-maker's judgment when to make requests based on the needed information.
There is also some question about whether this exceeds the restriction on the commission or board, obtaining information from the government that was agreed to in section 10.5.1 of the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act. The argument here is that this also renders proposed section 142 meaningless.