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"Too often, access is denied to hide wrongdoing, or to protect officials or governments from embarrassment, rather than to serve a legitimate confidentiality requirement."
-- Robert Marleau, Information Commissioner of Canada
2006-2007 Annual Report to Parliament
Canada’s Access to Information Act and Privacy Act grant
citizens the right to request information from government institutions.
To get results, you have to know your rights and know how to use the
system.
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PoliticsWatch Notables
 Canada's
crisis in Access to Information
(September 25, 2007)
Information Commissioner Robert Marleau tells PoliticsWatch he has an
"unacceptable" backlog of 532 complaints dating back to 2002.
Related Link:
> Information Commissioner needs more "teeth" and resources
 Your money, their
legal bills part 2: Liberal
Adscam legal bills remain a mystery
(January 10, 2007)
Canada's new government is refusing to disclose details about how taxpayer money was spent on legal representation for former prime minister Jean Chretien at the Gomery
inquiry.
 Will Clement raise
the veil on Canada's secret drug strategy?
(February 22, 2006)
The government may have changed, but Ottawa is expected to continue its participation in a national drug strategy that some stakeholders say has been shrouded in secrecy. Health Canada says
new Health Minister Tony Clement will consider how best to engage stakeholders going forward.
 Air security agency
had "no lawful authority" to delay releasing audit report
(November 3, 2005)
The Information Commissioner says the Canadian Air Transport
Security Authority had "no lawful authority" for a delay in releasing an
auditor's report to PoliticsWatch.
 Public
Works failed to comply with act in releasing Earnscliffe documents
(October 6, 2004)
The Information Commissioner has ruled he could find
"no lawful justification" for Public Works' delays in
releasing contracts between the federal government and Earnscliffe
to PoliticsWatch.
Related Links
Canada
> Using the Access
to Information Act and the Privacy Act
> Accessing
archival material from Library and Archives Canada
> Office of the Information
Commissioner of Canada
> Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
U.S.
> Freedom of
Information Act
> Citizen's guide on using the Freedom of Information Act
UK
> Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c. 36)
> Freedom of Information Act. Guide, news, consultancy.
> Environmental Information Regulations
> Information Commissioner's Office - ICO
> Freedom of Information in Scotland
> Scottish Information Commissioner
Australia
>
Freedom of Information Australia
> Freedom of Information Act 1982
France
> Law on Access to
Information
> Commission d'accèss aux documents administratifs
Germany
>
Federal Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information
Hong Kong
> Hong Kong Government Access to Information
India
> India The Right to Information Act, 2005
> India:
How to request information
Ireland
> Freedom of Information Act
> Office of the Information Commissioner
Israel
>
Freedom of Information Law
Italy
> Committee on Access to Administrative Documents
Mexico
> Instituto Federal de Acceso a la Información Pública
New Zealand
>
Official Information Act
> How to make an official information request
> Official information complaints
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