Mr. Speaker, I find this rather ironic coming from the member opposite. The Liberals opposed efforts to expand access to information when they were in government, opposing even their own members' bills.
In 2005 the Liberals voted against a Conservative Party motion to extend access to information laws to crown corporations.
Our government passed historic changes to the Access to Information Act making 70 new crown corporations and institutions accountable to Canadians. We got rid of the system used by the Liberals to centralize control of access to information.
Our government also increased the Information Commissioner's budget from $8.5 million to $10.7 million a year. That is a 25% increase.
We look forward to continuing to work with the Information Commissioner to improve access to information for Canadians.