Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm confident that the timeliness will improve. I'm not sure if the issue at large will be corrected. Across Canada, governments are struggling to fulfill these ATIP requests. Because of the parameters around them, they're very labour intensive. They take a lot of resources. And I recall conversations back in the 18th Assembly when this legislation was being considered, and we really shot for the moon. I was on the standing committee with the Member from Range Lake that is -- back then it was Kam Lake -- and, you know, we did push for these tight timelines and we got them. And now I'm in the position of having to fulfill them and realizing that they're just -- they're not feasible. So we are going to conduct a review of the ATIP Act and review those timelines because we want to live up to our obligations but we can't set goals for ourselves that are just not achievable with the resources that we have. So we could -- you know, we could make cuts in other areas and throw a bunch of resources at fulfilling these requests in a more timely fashion, but I think we really need to look at where our priorities are and weigh those against things like this. Thank you.
R.J. Simpson on Question 36-20(1): Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Requests
In the Legislative Assembly on February 8th, 2024. See this statement in context.
Question 36-20(1): Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Requests
Oral Questions
February 8th, 2024
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