Mr. Speaker, since the Conservatives have been in power, Health Canada has spent millions responding to access to information requests. We now know that the steadily rising costs are due primarily to the use of external consultants who command top dollar.
Instead of letting professional public servants do the work, the department is hiring private firms for $250 an hour. That is obscene.
When will the Conservatives understand that their culture of secrecy is clogging our access to information system?