Why Marleau’s recommendations will turn Canada’s Access to Information Act into a bad law

Access to Information Commissioner Bob Marleau's 12 recommendations for change have not been well-thought-through and indicate a serious lack of respect for the legal and democratic traditions of Canada say Michel Drapeau and Marc-Aurèle Racicot.

After having accumulated seven years in the position of information commissioner, in 2005 John Reid was specifically charged by the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics to present a set of proposals to strengthen the Access to Information Act (ATIA). Reid's formula for ...

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