The case for far less secrecy in Ottawa

Unnecessary secrecy fosters a 'culture of mediocrity' in the policy analyses done by government officials. Excessive secrecy inhibits the strongest form of learning—from our errors.

The federal government's information policy appears to have three main elements. First, the default position of the government is that all information related to the federal government is to be secret—except when it finds it beneficial to release information, or does so pursuant to the Acce...

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