Mr. Speaker, I do appreciate the question from the hon. member for Saanich—Gulf Islands.
I can tell the hon. member that perhaps she should have kept up to date. I would not assume that she has not kept up to date, but she admitted she might not have kept up to date with the last little bit. As of May 14, the Information Commissioner actually had this to say before committee:
[T]he current version of the act is definitely a better bill than what we have currently.... I think [the former commissioner's] call for changes has been responded to.... I'm really hoping that Bill C-58 will be passed, yes....
I think we have done our duty. Is better always possible? Absolutely, and that is why we included a provision to take another look at the act a year after it receives royal assent and review the entire act every five years.
That way, we will avoid waiting 34 years to update a bill that is crucial to ensuring the people view the government as legitimate.