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