I can't say that I was not getting any information from the organization. Sometimes it was limited to certain subjects and it took a long time to get the information. I realized that it was becoming increasingly difficult to receive the information directly. So I decided to file access to information requests to protect myself. If I got the information from the organization, I would have to decide what I would do with it, whether I could distribute it to the members I represented and how I would do that. But if I got the information under the Access to Information Act, it was clear that members had the right to see it.
On May 14th, 2007. See this statement in context.