Liberals won’t commit to meeting platform promises on transparency by next election

Conservative MPs called for the Treasury Board president to explain the delay on access to information reform to the House Ethics Committee, but were voted down by the committee's Liberal majority.

The 'objectivity' of the federal public service is top of mind for the government as it draws up its plan to make government information more accessible to the public, says Treasury Board President Scott Brison.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

March 29, 2017

The government’s lead on Access to Information Act reform isn’t making any promises to change the law before Canadians go to the polls again in 2019. Treasury Board President Scott Brison (Kings-Hants, N.S.) wouldn’t commit to completing before the next election the changes to Canada's access...

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