In a letter sent Saturday to federal Justice Minister Sean Fraser, Ontario Attorney General Doug Downey asked Ottawa to amend the Criminal Code to permit the use of pepper spray against an attacker.

Since March 7, no organizations had more than 3 unique registrations made on their behalf.

The proposed changes are expected to be introduced this spring by Stephen Crawford, the minister responsible for public and business service delivery, and they would significantly narrow the scope of Ontario’s freedom-of-information system by removing political staff and ministers’ offices from the request process.

Lecce said the project is a domestic economic success story, with more than 90 per cent of the work and investment involving Canadian companies and workers.

“With respect to the boards that we have under supervision, they’re not going to be turned back until they’re on the right path, full stop,” he said. “If it takes one year, two years, three years, 10 years, I don’t care.”

A Progressive Conservative source, who asked not to be identified because they're not authorized to speak publicly on the matter, said the government is "working right now on changes" to the manual to incorporate emerging technologies.