Information & Ethics committee  There's a mix of requesters; we get all kinds. Of course, we get requests from foreign nationals as well, and those are done through a representative. Audrey, I'm happy for you to jump in.

Information & Ethics committee  I'm not aware of any link.

Information & Ethics committee  I'll ask Audrey to go into more detail, but again, the vast majority of those requests are for case information. People have made applications for permanent residence or temporary residence, and they want to know the status of their applications. They want to know why their appli

Information & Ethics committee  To my mind, the optimal solution is actually for IRCC, as my colleague from CBSA mentioned, to get the information into the hands of the people whose information it is. They own that information. There may be some things that cannot be revealed for national security reasons, but

Information & Ethics committee  For the most part, I would hesitate to use the word “frivolous”. I think that's wrong. “Vexatious” might be a little bit closer, but I certainly agree with my colleague's view that sometimes, perhaps increasingly, there are fishing expeditions. People make a request for email sub

Information & Ethics committee  It could be.

Information & Ethics committee  When we get requests for email subject headers of 100 or 150 varied employees for a period of three or four months—

Information & Ethics committee  —and there's no real strategy to this request—

Information & Ethics committee  —in these requests, if I can put it that way, there's no specific information or even a specific subject that is being looked at.

Information & Ethics committee  If someone wants to know something about the permanent residence program, sure, we'd be happy to help, and we have not turned down such requests in the past.

Information & Ethics committee  There are a handful per year.

Information & Ethics committee  Not necessarily. There are a handful per year.

Information & Ethics committee  Of course.

Information & Ethics committee  We would rely on guidance from the Treasury Board Secretariat in that regard. We're not about to set our own guidance.

Information & Ethics committee  I agree. I think, certainly from the perspective of the public, the changes are positive. The sections that require proactive disclosure of briefing books of ministers, for example, and also of deputy heads, are very positive for the public. There are other things that also hel