My colleague is right, Mr. Speaker. Opposition members of Parliament of course.
Maybe we charge more for access to information requests from commercial enterprises that might be preparing to do a merger or are preparing due diligence documents for a deal. Lawyers and accountants are billing hundreds of dollars per hour and the Government of Canada is charging them $5 for something that costs at least $1,300 to do. That approach would be far superior from what we see.
The broad language in the bill right now further erodes the grandstanding promises made by the Prime Minister in the last Parliament and in the election.