Mr. Speaker, while I will not want to deny information to any member of the House, as a minister responsible for a newly formed department that is presently over-loaded with work just trying to keep up with the day-to-day requirements of their jobs, I am not certain that I can add another request at this time, or give any assurance to the member that I could give it to him on a timely basis. As a member just said, why does it take seven months to get a response to a simple question? In some cases, it is simply because we are spending, as the Premier said on one occasion, up to 30 to 40 percent of our time in the departments responding to requests for information, meeting requests from constituents, and from members of this legislature.
So, having said that, no difficulty in trying to provide the information as the member requests unless there is some legal reason that prevents me from doing that, confidential reasons in serving clients, then probably the best avenue may be to meet with the member on an individual basis and try to narrow down specifically what is the information that is required. That would be my preferred route, Mr. Speaker.