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ATIPs: a headache in need of a cure

For any real change to occur, there have to be reasonable amendments that protect speculative discussions and open policy making, but do not permit cover-ups of embarrassing information.

Information Commissioner Caroline Maynard released her 2019-20 report in late September. She is promising to reduce the number of complaints by requestors, and make the process more transparent. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ANDREW CADDELL

October 14, 2020

KAMOURASKA, QUE.—One of the jobs public servants most dislike is responding to Access to Information and Privacy requests, known as ATIPs. When I was a public servant, it was the sort of job dumped on junior officers, or those new to a division, as others more senior avoided them like the plague. ...

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