Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I'm just going to make one comment, because we've heard quite a bit of good comment here.
Just so you know, Minister, there is a Crown copyright issue that this country hasn't dealt with. I hear your concern with regard to sharing information. In fact, we still have Crown copyright preventing any public dissemination of information that we research and so forth. That dates back to 1909 in British law. In fact, it wasn't even addressed until 1911 here in Canada. We are the only Commonwealth nation to continue that, and it's different from the United States.
I'll conclude on that. I do have a private member's bill to adjust this. Mr. Lametti, as the minister and Attorney General, was at this committee, and he is excellent on this in terms of having a good background on it, and the committee did deal with it. That is the one thing I will suggest in the future for all government studies, data and information. Not having it sets us back economically and socially. I hear your concerns, because we are the only Commonwealth nation not to have dealt with this issue. We are different from the United States in providing information.
Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you, Minister.