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Budget Axe May Be Chopping Away At Access-To-Info System

CP | Dean Beeby, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.07.2013 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - The federal budget axe may be chopping away at citizens' right to information about government, a parliamentary watchdog warns.Suzanne Legaul...

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Watchdog To Investigate Scientist 'Muzzling'

CP | Bruce Cheadle, The Canadian Press | Posted 04.02.2013 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - Federal policies that restrict what government scientists can say publicly about their work are about to be put under the microscope.Federal ...

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Federal Open Government Minister Not Fan Of Open Government

Vincent Gogolek | Posted 05.04.2013 | Canada British Columbia
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Vincent Gogolek

Treasury Board President Tony Clement is the federal government's Mr. Open Government, but in many ways, his much-hyped open data schemes testify to the Conservative government's general trend toward secrecy and one-way transparency.

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'Canadians Should Be Angry'

CBC | Posted 04.11.2013 | Canada Politics
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Canada's Information Commissioner, Suzanne Legault, says the current federal government is "not the most transparent" and that response to requests fo...

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Head Of The Class

CP | Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press | Posted 02.04.2013 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - The CBC has moved to the head of the class in the federal information watchdog's books.The public broadcaster received an A for its handling ...

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Give the Gift of Transparency This Holiday Season

Vincent Gogolek | Posted 02.02.2013 | Canada British Columbia
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Vincent Gogolek

This holiday season, consultation on the deficiencies in the Access to Information Act provides all of us with a chance to do our best Jacob Marley and remind the Info-Scrooge Conservatives that they once campaigned on the position that government works best when open and accountable. Don't miss your chance to participate.

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Information Access Under Review

CP | Keven Drews, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.19.2012 | Canada British Columbia
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VANCOUVER - The country's information commissioner is providing more details about her review of a federal law that allows citizens to access governme...

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CBC 'Satisified' With Court Ruling

CBC | Posted 01.25.2012 | Canada
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The CBC has decided not to challenge the Federal Court of Appeal ruling issued this week, which ordered the public broadcaster to hand ov...

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Court Orders CBC To Hand Over Internal Documents

CP | Dean Beeby, The Canadian Press | Posted 01.23.2012 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - The CBC has lost another key court battle in its efforts to keep internal documents secret.The Federal Court of Appeal unanimously ruled agai...

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Info Watchdog Expresses Doubts About CBC Claims

CP | Jennifer Ditchburn, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.25.2011 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - The CBC is trumpeting quicker turnarounds on releasing documents to the public, but Canada's access-to-information watchdog isn't completely ...

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Are Rivals Pushing For The CBC's Demise?

CP | Jennifer Ditchburn, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.05.2011 | Canada
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OTTAWA - The CBC's top boss says one of its major competitors is determined to damage the reputation of the public broadcaster in order to weaken it a...

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Ministers Evading Scrutiny By Using Personal Email?

CP | Joan Bryden, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.29.2011 | Canada Politics
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OTTAWA - The federal information watchdog is worried that cabinet ministers could be avoiding public scrutiny by using personal email to conduct gover...

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Info Watchdog Finds Access Denied

The Canadian Press | Posted: 06/16/2011 7:09 PM | Posted 08.17.2011 | Canada
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THE CANADIAN PRESS -- OTTAWA - Canada's information watchdog is renewing her call for modernization of the law that's supposed to give people access t...

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