A reader writes, “Yet another voice calling attention to the ever narrowing access to information in Canada as the Harper Government repeatedly thumb their nose at the Canadian Access to Information Act.” And the CBC’s Meagan Fitzpatrick reports:
Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault reported today that the federal government’s budget cuts could jeopardize a “fragile” access to information system that has been improving… Legault said the access to information areas within government departments tend to be vulnerable when there are cuts and she has already heard from some requestors that they’ve been told their files are being delayed because of cuts.
Budget cuts threaten access to information, watchdog says