Canada’s sordid approach to transparency needs to change

Data on everyday contracting is too often hidden, and only minimally posted on the open government portal or sufficiently posted in official public accounts.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appeared before the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference on April 10. The prime minister told the inquiry he did not look at most of those written briefings on interference, and relied more on oral briefings from officials, notes Ken Rubin. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY KEN RUBIN

April 22, 2024

Transparency is reaching new lows with four instances of this dominating much of the air time recently.

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