New Info Commissioner Maynard already making her mark, and reducing backlog is priority No. 1

The Information Commissioner’s Office started 2018-19 with a backlog of 3,489 complaints, after a 20 per cent increase in new complaints filed in 2017-18.

A Quebec native with a background working for grievance review committees, Caroline Maynard, pictured in her Ottawa office, took over as the new federal information commissioner on March 1.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

June 25, 2018

Canada's new federal Information Commissioner Caroline Maynard, who started three months ago in the top job, is already making her mark. She wants to increase her office's permanent budget to offer better service, revamp the office’s website, is reviewing the office's internal processes, and has a...

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