Nearly a third of federal access to information requests aren’t being responded to within the timelines provided for in law and the problem is getting worse, Canada’s access to information watchdog told members of Parliament Wednesday.
Testifying before the House of Commons committee on access to information, privacy and ethics, Information Commissioner Caroline Maynard said that — even taking extensions into account — the government is missing 30 per cent of its deadlines for fulfilling information requests.
Maynard said government officials should be held responsible for the way their institutions uphold what she described as Canadians’ quasi-constitutional right to access government records.
Information Commissioner Caroline
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