RCMP and Global Affairs haven’t released previously completed ATIP requests since 2020

The most recent completed ATIP requests released by RCMP and Global Affairs Canada date to March and September 2020, respectively. A number of government institutions have blamed the pandemic for contributing to release delays.

Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau, left, and Public Safety Minister Bill Blair, right, oversee Global Affairs Canada and the RCMP, respectively, both of which haven't publicly released already completed access-to-information requests since last year. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS

July 7, 2021

The federal access-to-information system has slowed during the pandemic and a number of departments have been delayed in releasing already completed requests, including the RCMP and Global Affairs Canada, which have not released previously completed requests since last year. The federal government ...

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