The report from the Auditor General highlighted the delicate balance that needs to be reached between commercial confidentiality and greater transparency. Within the report, it points out that the departments of Finance and Innovation, Science and Economic Development did not release the information that was collected by the Business Development Bank of Canada, a crown corporation, on the activities arising from VCAP, the venture capital action plan.
My question for the departments is in terms of making that information available to the public or reporting it to Parliament. What are the concerns? What are the risks of making that information available?