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Privy Council Clerk Michael Sabia at the House Access to Information, Privacy, and Ethics Committee on Nov. 19, 2025. Sabia took over the PCO helm in July 2025. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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BY EDITORIAL
October 7, 2026

Any effort to shed more light on the goings on inside government is always welcome—especially in these times of narrowing public access to information and widening ministerial powers. 

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