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{
"time": "2007-02-06 10:45:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Ms. Ann MacKenzie",
"fr": ""
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"425291\" data-originallang=\"en\">I want to comment on the issue of minimum fees for producing, and I agree with Mr. Bundus that there are times when the requests are abusive. There are times when if you ask for a minimal fee.... I want to comment on one thing. Let me rephrase this. The cost isn't just borne by the companies, it's borne by the people who buy the products. The more expensive you make the delivery of the system, the more expensive the product's going to be. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"425292\" data-originallang=\"en\">This issue doesn't happen every day, but when it does happen it is abusive. It's people who want to abuse the system by making repeated requests for thousands and thousands of documents just to slow things down.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"425293\" data-originallang=\"en\">So I think it is fair in certain cases to ask for minimum fees. We do it in the court system. If we were in court and were required to produce documents, we could do so at fees, and nobody has a problem coming up with something that's reasonable; there are standards for it. So I think it is something that already happens. It's just looked after by the process.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"425291\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je voudrais parler de la question des frais minimes. Je suis d\u2019accord avec M. Bundus que les demandes de renseignements sont parfois abusives. S\u2019il fallait r\u00e9clamer des frais minimes \u00e0 certaines occasions... J\u2019ai une chose \u00e0 dire. Les frais ne sont pas seulement assum\u00e9s par les entreprises. Ce sont en fait les consommateurs qui doivent les payer. Plus il sera co\u00fbteux de faire fonctionner le syst\u00e8me, plus les produits offerts aux consommateurs co\u00fbteront cher.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"425292\" data-originallang=\"en\">Le probl\u00e8me ne se pose pas tous les jours, mais quand il se pose, il peut \u00eatre assez grave. Il y a des gens qui abusent du syst\u00e8me en multipliant les demandes portant sur des milliers et des milliers de documents, de fa\u00e7on \u00e0 tout ralentir.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"425293\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je crois par cons\u00e9quent qu\u2019il est raisonnable dans certains cas d\u2019imposer des frais minimes. Nous le faisons dans le syst\u00e8me judiciaire. Si nous nous pr\u00e9sentons devant un tribunal et sommes tenus de produire des documents, il y a des frais auxquels personne ne s\u2019oppose, pourvu qu\u2019ils soient raisonnables. Il existe des normes \u00e0 cet \u00e9gard. C\u2019est donc une chose qui arrive d\u00e9j\u00e0. Elle est simplement pr\u00e9vue dans le processus.</p>"
},
"url": "/committees/ethics/39-1/28/ann-mackenzie-17/",
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