Departments with some of the biggest access to information request backlogs and longest delays say they’re hiring more analysts and adopting innovative policies to address the many queries that continue to rise each year. Opposition MPs say the current numbers, as of mid-April 2018 and released in the House last month through a 225-page Order Paper response, show culture change is necessary and place high hopes that new Information Commissioner Caroline Maynard can steer departments in a better direction.