OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is failing to deliver on his promise of a government that’s open by default, the federal information czar says. The law that’s intended to give Canadians access to government files is being used instead as a shield against transparency, information commissioner Suzanne Legault said in her annual report tabled Thursday. Legault said her investigations reveal the Access to Information Act is failing to foster accountability and trust. The latest federal budget contained no funding for transparency measures and there has been no direction from the head of the public service on increasing transparency, Legault said. “If you want to truly change a whole culture in a very large bureaucracy, you’re going to have to make a concerted effort.

Source: National Post June 08, 2017 19:52 UTC