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Senate committee amends access bill, strikes key section in critic crosshairs

‘We have heard from the concerns of First Nations groups and the Information Commissioner about the potential for this clause to be misused,’ former minister Jane Philpott says in a letter to Senate Legal Committee.

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March 6, 2019

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Senate committee amends access bill, strikes key section in critic crosshairs

‘We have heard from the concerns of First Nations groups and the Information Commissioner about the potential for this clause to be misused,’ former minister Jane Philpott says in a letter to Senate Legal Committee.

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