Mr. Speaker, it is interesting to hear the hon. member make comments about openness and transparency. Apparently the only people in this country who actually believe that are the hon. member and his party. It is understandable, because contradicting what they said in campaigns is part of their style.
I want to speak more directly to what the hon. member has failed to mention. Not only was the Accountability Act not properly implemented with respect to the decisions made by officers at arm's-length from this Parliament, including the Information Commissioner, but the comments that were made by the Information Commissioner are not to be fooled around with. The hon. member understands full well that although his party may want to interfere with that, the reality is those recommendations as well as the recommendations of the committees were born to ensure optimal transparency from a government and obviously a minister and perhaps even a member of Parliament who seem to be hiding behind it.
I would encourage the hon. member to look around him, to look at the facts, to walk away from his notes and to start thinking about the fact that the people affected by this are his constituents and Canadians in general. The extent to which they defend the indefensible is indefensible in itself.