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It's time for a more transparent federal government in Canada

The Hill Times broke the story last week that Cabinet ministers' offices had been under orders to pressure bureaucrats to pare down the amount of information released under the Access to Information Act up until The Canadian Press also recently broke the story on how one political staffer killed the release of a document, which in turn forced the Prime Minister's Office to get involved. The PMO had to remind all political staffers to comply with the law.

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It's time for a more transparent federal government in Canada

The Hill Times broke the story last week that Cabinet ministers' offices had been under orders to pressure bureaucrats to pare down the amount of information released under the Access to Information Act up until The Canadian Press also recently broke the story on how one political staffer killed the release of a document, which in turn forced the Prime Minister's Office to get involved. The PMO had to remind all political staffers to comply with the law.

  

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Saturday, February 11, 2012
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The Globe and Mail's Jane Taber and CBC's Julie Van Dusen
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The NDP's Brad Lavigne and Anne McGrath
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NDP MP Megan Leslie and CTV's Don Martin
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The Globe's Shawn McCarthy
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iPolitics' Matthew Rowe and Liberal MP Rodger Cuzner
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The NDP's Gaby Senay and the Toronto Star's Joanna Smith
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Ensight's Jacquie LaRocque
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Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney
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Liberal MP Geoff Regan
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Green Party Leader Elizabeth May and freelance reporter Richard Cleroux
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CTV's Craig Oliver, Global's Tom Clark and CTV's Kevin Newman
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Global's Kevin Newman
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Liberal Interim Leader Bob Rae
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Richard Cleroux, CPAC's Peter Van Dusen and the Globe's Jane Taber
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