Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to reiterate what the Minister said with respect to the fact, the act is relatively new. It is a little over a year old and that neither the public nor the departments have a great deal of experience with it. Some access requests are straightforward and can be dealt with very simply and very quickly. Others are more difficult to deal with if the person requesting is asking for access to Cabinet documents, privilege documents and this sort of thing or wish to access a broad range of documents going back in time, ten or fifteen years, then the requests are more difficult. Perhaps within another year, we will, as a government, be evaluating how the act is working. Once we have had more experience with it and, at that time, perhaps look at making some changes. I know this act, Mr. Chairman, is difficult to administer. It causes great problems in almost every jurisdiction. We are not unique. If there are problems, then, we are not at all unique. Thank you.
Mr. Cooper on Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 18th, 1998. See this statement in context.
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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