Access to Information plan includes administrative steps but no legislative changes
OTTAWA — The Liberal government is outlining a variety of steps intended to make the much-criticized Access to Information system work better.
But it appears any changes to the federal law will have to wait until after the next formal review, set to begin a year from now.
The Access to Information Act allows people who pay $5 to request government records ranging from emails and memos to reports and expense claims.
However, the law has long been criticized as slow and cumbersome, often res
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