Access ‘eroding’ under growing list of exemptions, access czar slams Sec. 24 of act, calls it a ‘back door’

Canada's Access to Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault says she has serious issues with Sec. 24 of the Access to Information Act.

Access to Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault says the growing list of legislative exemptions under the Access to Information Act has nearly doubled since it came into force in 1983 and believes it's "a back door way of eroding access to information" in Canada.

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