Memo to PM Carney: redo, don’t recycle, Canada’s secretive Access to Information Act

Either Canada finally makes a real commitment to timely and more full disclosures, or we sink into a much more autocratic information system.

Prime Minister Mark Carney needs to move the legislative review role for the Access to Information Act into the hands of a new parliamentary committee, writes Ken Rubin.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY KEN RUBIN

May 7, 2025

Hearing an 11th-hour election promise from Prime Minister Mark Carney about Canada's near-death Access to Information Act was less than reassuring, but it could end decades-old deceitful practices.

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