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PCO gets failing grade on ATI compliance when it ‘should be seen as a beacon of competence, of excellence’, says Drapeau

'It sends signals that PCO or the government or the Prime Minister has chosen not to consider access to information to the same level as everything else,' says access to information expert Michel Drapeau.

The Privy Council Office does not live up to the standard for federal agencies when it comes to complying with access to information laws, which shows the government does not place a high priority on ATI as other issues, says an access expert.

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