Information watchdog plans to up investigative hires with $3-million funding boost

The office learned last August it would be getting additional funds to beef up its personnel, and immediately began recruitment efforts, says the commissioner.

Information Commissioner Caroline Maynard, pictured in 2018, says her office has a renewed focus on retaining new hires so they are not scooped up as analysts by other departments and agencies. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY PALAK MANGAT

May 14, 2021

With the federal information watchdog poised to beef up the office’s workforce, Canadians registering a complaint could see the time it takes for their file to be assigned to a caseworker reduced, MPs heard Friday. Speaking to t...

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