Information & Ethics committee  As Mr. Mundie said, Treasury Board has guidelines on this. The spirit of the act is to provide access to government records, not to limit it. Access to information requests are supposed to complete the process and not limit it. It's about seeing what kinds of records can go online and view what can be provided in a quick fashion.

Information & Ethics committee  Under both the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act, I feel totally comfortable to challenge certain cases where I feel the recommendations might be going too far. It's my role to do that. I do not feel any constraints in that regard. It was never called into question.