I'm interested in the issue that was raised by Mr. Esau and Mr. Attaran on the issue of delay. They both spoke of delay in providing these reports. I questioned the director of access to information and privacy protection division of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Jocelyne Sabourin. I addressed her on that. She acknowledged there was a delay in getting the reports out.
However, I got the impression, having acknowledged that, and it was admirable of her to do that, that her primary concern was making certain that the release of certain information would not be injurious to the country. That was the impression I got.
I asked her questions about how she made her decisions. She indicated there were regulations that one had to learn, one had to observe, and that part of the problem was the issue of staff. This requires a very specialized training to read the regulations, understand them, and be able to apply those regulations to any kind of document, particularly items that could be injurious to the country.
My question is with respect to training staff. That seems to be one of the issues: acquiring staff. They're specialized, they're well-trained, and there seems to be some difficulty in acquiring that staff.
Can you comment on that issue, or if indeed it is an issue?