moved for leave to introduce Bill C-462, an act to amend the Access to Information Act and to make amendments to other Acts.
Mr. Speaker, this is a private member's bill that is the result of all party cooperation from backbench MPs extending over several years it will dramatically overhaul the current Access to Information Act and extend its reach to include all crown corporations and government agencies, government funded non-profit organizations, the Senate, the House of Commons, the Library of Parliament, ministers and their exempt staffs, officers of Parliament, cabinet confidences and government opinion polling, among other things.
This bill I think is very much in order in the temper of the times and I think, Mr. Speaker, you will find that most members will support it.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)