Canada ranked last in an international study comparing our freedom of information laws and their effectiveness to Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, the United Kingdom, released last week. And even our federal access to information commissioner agreed with the British findings. It's time the government and opposition parties get serious about strengthening Canada's access laws. It should be a top priority when Parliament resumes sitting later this month.

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