Liberals set to update access-to-information law: watchdog

Information Commissioner Caroline Maynard says the feds told her amendments will be introduced over the winter. The Access to Information Act hasn't been updated since 2019.
Information Commissioner Caroline Maynard told those gathered for an International Institute of Communications event in Ottawa that the Liberal government is planning changes to the Access to Information Act in the near future.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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BY DAVIS LEGREE
October 21, 2026

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