Senate Liberal, MPs slamming feds for not living up to transparency promises

The public service must ‘get with the program’ outlined by the PM, says Senate Liberal Percy Downe.

From left: Senate Liberal whip Percy Downe, Liberal MP Borys Wrzesnewskyj; Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre. Sen. Downe has called out the public service for not being transparent, Mr. Poilievre is accusing the government of blocking the release of information on the carbon tax, and Mr. Wrzesnewskyj chairs a committee that summoned departmental leaders to explain their failure to provide it with information it had requested. The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

March 15, 2017

The government isn’t living up to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s promise to make its information “open by default,” say a handful of Parliamentarians from different parties. MPs and a Senate Liberal are crying foul after ...

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