Information & Ethics committee  I think that very often through a long period of time there's just a general culture of secrecy that pervades many levels of government and a notion that individuals requesting information should get only the information that they're specifically and legitimately entitled to, and

Information & Ethics committee  Not on that specific point, no.

Information & Ethics committee  Related to this is the way in which organizations within government have governance over their assets and then governance over their information. A comprehensive system would include a way for government to manage their records on a day-to-day basis that is most efficient for t

Information & Ethics committee  I don't believe we did.

Information & Ethics committee  I don't believe so. We certainly have talked about it, but it's not a point we've come out on.

Information & Ethics committee  And originally in 1981 and 1986 we did call in our submissions for the extension of the Access to Information Act to crown corporations, subject to limited exceptions related to those crown corporations engaged in business and competitive activities.

Information & Ethics committee  We just did.

Information & Ethics committee  I don't believe we have.

Information & Ethics committee  I don't believe we have.

Information & Ethics committee  Perhaps I could just add one thing that's interesting in the context of the act as a whole. When it was originally introduced it wasn't meant to be the only way that people could get access to information about what's happening in the government. It was meant to be a bit of a bac

Information & Ethics committee  I don't have that information.

Information & Ethics committee  It was. The system was discontinued as being mandatory for entering access to information requests in May 2008.

Information & Ethics committee  I don't know.

Information & Ethics committee  The only thing that I would add to that is that given the nature of the legislation and its importance in terms of the transparency and accountability of government, it's obviously in our view a very important piece of legislation. It gives citizens, residents, and even members o

Information & Ethics committee  I think that's a good way to characterize it.