Senate amends access-to-info bill to forbid using code names to block documents

The Senate committee studying Bill C-58 is proposing changes to close a ‘loophole’ around terms that may be used to avoid release of documents and that will protect the power of the Senate.

Conservative Senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu, right, and Independent Senator Pierre Dalphond, left, speak at a recent committee meeting studying Bill C-58. Both voted for an amendment addressing the use of code names in documents, ensuring they are captured in access requests. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

April 10, 2019

Senators want to make it more difficult for government officials to use code names as a way to block access to documents, adding specific language to a bill reforming the federal access-to-information regime. Citing recent court disclosures in the case of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman, Conservative Senat...

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