You mentioned that you had 116 full-time employees. During a meeting, we talked about the same thing with people from Public Works and Government Services Canada, which is a much bigger and very different institution, but the principle of the elastic band remains the same. If you cannot “deliver the goods”, meaning that you cannot respond to the legitimate requests with 116 full-time employees, we have a major problem.
I have seen that arrangements can be made with other commissioners' offices, but what can you do, share photocopiers, decide who brings the coffee on even days and odd days? Are there examples in other countries that have systems similar to ours? Have you studied this aspect? Are there any countries that have shown that they have been able to make the government more amenable when it comes to the requirements of the information commissioner's office?