I've contacted the reporter to see if we can setup a legal fund for this guy. It sounds like he's being bullied. This could also get a very bad precedent in Canada as this is totally absurd.
for i in `seq 1 7000`; do
wget http://foi.example-gov-domain.gc.ca/foi-download.cgi?id=$i;
done
[1] https://www.ourcommons.ca/Parliamentarians/en/members/Andy-F...