Ministry asks $30 per minute for data, despite Brison’s order to drop ATIP fees

Regulations give the immigration department a way around Treasury Board President Scott Brison's order to drop extra fees for access to information requests.

Minister Ahmed Hussen, left, oversees Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada, while Treasury Board President Scott Brison is in charge of the government's transparency reforms. The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

May 3, 2017

The federal immigration ministry is asking up to $30 per minute to process a public request for immigration data, despite the Liberal government's directive last year to waive extra fees for access to information requests and commitment to making government information open by default. One advocat...

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