Madam Chair, I don't believe for a minute that there doesn't exist.... If we can put a man on the moon, somewhere there is a technological answer. Our witnesses today said that they were reaching out to Britain and so on. I am a little surprised that it's taken four years to do that.
I think what we're missing is some political will somewhere in the bureaucracy. People aren't taking this seriously. I think it's important that we show Parliament that there is public demand and concern.
I would like to amend my colleague's motion by adding a phrase or a clause that would suggest that this committee invite representatives from the Council of Canadians with Disabilities to appear here to tell us about the need that exists. We are, in effect, responding, in our report to Parliament, to a public demand for access to these documents and that the status quo not continue to be acceptable. It is not some vanity thing on the part of MPs but in fact is a real public need.
I think if we called on these people, especially considering the accessible Canada act which is now before Parliament, that would give us some added momentum, perhaps. It would only take one meeting. It wouldn't be a long delay. We wouldn't have to have a whole lot of hearings. It would provide us with some oomph to get this paid attention to, because it certainly hasn't been followed up on since our colleague wrote the initial motion.