The federal info watchdog says the federal government’s key transparency provision has steadily eroded to the purpose the place it not serves its meant objective.
In her annual report back to Parliament, info commissioner Caroline Maynard says continual points proceed to plague the Access to Information system, with no options in sight.
For a $5 charge, Canadians can use the entry regulation to request federal information, from briefing notes and stories to emails and invoices.
However, requesters have lengthy complained the system is clumsy, sluggish and filled with loopholes that permit authorities companies to refuse to launch info.
Maynard notes that regardless of requires significant change, a federal assessment concluded with a report final December that outlined no agency commitments and proposed no legislative change.
The commissioner says cash to bolster the system has evaporated, commitments to transparency have vanished from ministerial mandate letters and it’s clear that enhancing transparency shouldn’t be a precedence for the federal government.
