A Halifax-based international rights group accused Premier Stephen McNeil of subverting the spirit of Nova Scotia's access to information law, three years after he promised to strengthen it. The rights group agreed with Nova Scotia's Information and Privacy Commissioner that the province needed a duty to document law. "They frequently use the access to information system as a mechanism for obtaining an accurate picture of what's going on in the province," he said. It undermines transparency and ultimately it undermines democracy." "There's no question that subverts the spirit of the access to information law."

Source: CBC News October 01, 2016 09:00 UTC