Hill media self-censor ATIPs, creating ‘double whammy’ to get access records: Legault
Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault says major changes are needed to Canada’s access to information regime to cover ministers’ offices and the PMO, and to address a ‘culture of delay.’
Journalists are self-censoring their access to information requests to avoid being denied on the grounds of Cabinet confidences, Canada’s information commissioner says, a tactic that amounts to a “double whammy” in limiting access to records.
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