G&M-Canadians' access to information at a crisis point

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G&M-Canadians' access to information at a crisis point

Tracey P. Lauriault

Canadians' access to information at a crisis point

A raft of confrontations is pitting the federal government, the military and Ontario’s provincial police against opposition parties, the media, interest groups and inquiries over when politicians and bureaucrats can withhold information from the public.

Both sides realize that control over information is the only control that matters. Those with power seek to preserve that power by managing the flow of information; others wrestle to bring it into the public square.

So the Information Commissioner despairs that the right to information from government is on the brink of being “totally obliterated” through government delay and obstruction.


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Tracey P. Lauriault
613-234-2805
https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Lauriault