Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau says government should be "open by default," and is tabling a bill in Parliament to make information from Ottawa more accessible.

Trudeau says Canada's information commissioner should have a mandate to enforce access-to-information laws and that requests for such information should cost only the initial $5 application fee.

Trudeau also said the board of internal economy, the committee of MPs that meets in secret to decide on House administration issues like some spending, should meet in public.

The Liberal leader's bill is a private member's bill, which takes longer to pass and usually has less chance of becoming law because it won't necessarily be supported by the party with the most seats in the House.

But Trudeau said the bill isn't in the hands of the government.

It's "In the hands of individual members of Parliament," he told reporters Wednesday.