Mismanaging our past while repeating mistakes does not make for a transparent Canada

Nobody in Ottawa wants to guarantee records would be released in a timely fashion, let alone that historic records will be quickly declassified.

The delay for records relating to the new joint Library and Archives Canada and Ottawa Public Library building, Ādisōke, demonstrates a bureaucratic and inept approach to transparency, writes Ken Rubin.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY KEN RUBIN

May 20, 2026

OTTAWA—There is a modern-day story of poor governance and lousy transparency in the fact that Library and Archives Canada just got $20-million, and Canada Health Infoway/Health Canada just helped blow $300-million.

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