Canada's Information Commissioner Robert Marleau has called on the government to follow the U.S. model by making more documents available under Access to Information. Marleau says that there is a clear increase in time extensions and the use of exemptions.
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Waiting for Access
Wesley Wark on the "badly broken" state of access to information in Canada.
Bloc Private Members Bill Calls for Public Register of Access Requests
Bloc MP Carole Lavalee has introduced a private members bill that would require every government institution to maintain a public register of every record disclosed in response to an Access to Information Act request.
Ethics Committee Calls for Reinstatement of CAIRS
The House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics has issued a report "deploring" the cancellation of the CAIRS database and demanding that the government reinstate it.
Copyright and ATIPs
The Tyee runs an interesting article on some of the barriers to using Access to Information legislation, including potential copyright limitations.
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