Information & Ethics committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. May I ask if you can hear me okay?

Information & Ethics committee  Fine. Thank you. My name is Murray Rankin and I am a lawyer practising in Victoria and Vancouver, British Columbia. It's a great honour to have been invited to testify before the committee today. On a personal note, I must say that greater government transparency has been an issue of concern to me since university.

Information & Ethics committee  Perhaps I can continue in English. Would that be easier?

Information & Ethics committee  It may be more efficient to do it in English, if it's difficult for me as well to hear the.... Maybe I can just say—

Information & Ethics committee  As I was saying, I helped bring political pressure to bear with respect to the first Access to Information Act [Technical difficulties - Editor]

Information & Ethics committee  Yes.

Information & Ethics committee  I'm sorry. May I continue? Perhaps the translation is not—