SH - the question is how far down in the organization should liabilities go. DC - one possible advantage of employee liability is more accurate information but disadvantages will be that it will take longer to produce the information and it will cost more. TM - Statistics Canada information is overpriced there is no alternative supplier they are in monopoly position. AL - information is out of reach if it is priced too high. KA - information has a cost.
Information management has a cost collect, retrieve, update, compile, release.
The government probably won't recognize the cost of having a policy and give proper resources to carrying out a policy. AL - we need to distinguish between information that is a social good and information that is a commodity. It is difficult to sort out who to charge and how much to charge. DR - likes the U.S. experience where there is broad access to information. PD - the decision whether to go with broad access or cost recovery needs to be made at the top.