So it’s deeply disturbing that Canada’s access law, designed for a pre-digital world, and largely unchanged for three decades, is so profoundly broken. Justin Trudeau’s Liberals came to power promising to fix the problem, quickly setting up an all-party committee to review the law. The committee published its recommendations in June and the government vowed to reform the legislation later this year, or early in 2017. A concerned Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault told CBC News that she now doubts the legislation will be amended before the next election. As the information commissioner has argued, the law meant to ensure openness has metastasized into an effective shield against disclosure.

Source: thestar October 23, 2016 10:30 UTC