Three Trudeau ministers among those stalling access to information requests

The ministers overseeing the Health, Justice, and Innovation departments must do a better job of living up to the prime minister's promises on transparency.

Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains is one of three members of the federal cabinet that Ken Rubin says aren't living up to their obligations to disclose information to the public, including information Mr. Bains' ministry has about expensive defence procurement projects overseen by Procurement Minister Carla Qualtrough, left.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY KEN RUBIN

June 17, 2019

OTTAWA—There comes a time, as the 2019 election looms, that the Trudeau government's handling of access to information requests of public importance needs to be more specifically exposed. Such is the case with the excessive delays and unacceptable access to information practices of the ministries...

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