DND access-to-info woes persist as compliance with law drops, backlog grows
For the third straight year, the Department of National Defence is going the wrong way when it comes to respecting access-to-information laws and timelines.
An election promise for a questionable consumer advocacy office is all but dead
Achieving greater marketplace compliance and consumer protection seems to be far from what is on the minds of most political and bureaucratic operatives these days.
Standoff over records won’t change widespread document delays, denials, and discrepancies
Parliament is at a standstill over a set of records from a now-defunct agency, but has yet to go after the many instances where obstructed or embarrassing records from existing agencies are highly exempt.
What’s inside Ottawa stays inside—and there is no confidence that will change
This fall sitting of Parliament is going to be full of politicking, which doesn’t leave room to make efforts to fix Ottawa’s secretive ways that harm many Canadians.
Shielding Nazis in Canada the wrong use of time, resources
Not releasing the names of alleged Nazi war criminals who entered Canada would be a continued protection of individuals who perpetrated the Holocaust, or collaborated with the Nazis.
Another privilege battle brewing as feds refuse to give House unredacted green fund docs
Twenty-one governmental departments and agencies responded to a June 10 order for documents by redacting or withholding information, while ten entities submitted unredacted documents.
Bungling bureaucracy: CAF leadership dropping the ball on transparency
It is evident that Gen. Wayne Eyre and his advisers do not understand that the Access to Information Act is a federal law, not merely a suggestion.
MPs should be eyeing a bigger chopping block for interference issues
On top of allegations of foreign government meddling, domestically, there is a growing pattern of interfering with, delaying, and repressing requests made under Canada’s limited access to information legislation.
Info watchdog, Defence Minister Blair keep clashing in court cases over access law compliance
Canada’s information watchdog is resorting to ‘an extraordinary remedy’ before the federal bench to force Defence Minister Bill Blair to make his department follow the law and release records.
CBSA’s access-to-information woes continue with 12,000 requests inaccessible, requestors encouraged to resubmit
Following a technical glitch, CBSA is giving ATIP requestors until the end of next March to resubmit or follow up on their requests, otherwise they will be deemed closed.
