Perhaps not so transparent after all?
{Via CBC & CTV}
Accountability act 'a bureaucrat's dream,' information commissioner says
Info czar slams Harper for about-face on access
You can also check out the Information Commissioner's report HERE
Canadian information commissioner John Reid added his two cents to the debate over the Harper Government's so called "accountability act." Reid said:
It "will not strengthen the accountability of government through transparency, it will weaken it."
"No previous government has put forward a more retrograde and dangerous set of proposals to change the Access to Information Act,"
"The new government has done exactly the things for which its predecessor had been ridiculed."
He also called it "a bureaucrat's dream."
Other highlights include:
The fact that the proposed act and "reforms" will "increase the government's ability to cover up wrongdoing, shield itself from embarrassment and control the flow of information to Canadians,"
"Also, the government proposes to keep secret forever all records relating to investigations of wrongdoing in government. The previous government pushed through a secrecy provision for such records (over the objections of the Information Commissioner, public service unions and whistleblowers), but limited its operation to a five-year period."
Doesn't look like a step "forward" to me........can't wait to see how they try and "spin" this one.
Accountability act 'a bureaucrat's dream,' information commissioner says
Info czar slams Harper for about-face on access
You can also check out the Information Commissioner's report HERE
Canadian information commissioner John Reid added his two cents to the debate over the Harper Government's so called "accountability act." Reid said:
It "will not strengthen the accountability of government through transparency, it will weaken it."
"No previous government has put forward a more retrograde and dangerous set of proposals to change the Access to Information Act,"
"The new government has done exactly the things for which its predecessor had been ridiculed."
He also called it "a bureaucrat's dream."
Other highlights include:
The fact that the proposed act and "reforms" will "increase the government's ability to cover up wrongdoing, shield itself from embarrassment and control the flow of information to Canadians,"
"Also, the government proposes to keep secret forever all records relating to investigations of wrongdoing in government. The previous government pushed through a secrecy provision for such records (over the objections of the Information Commissioner, public service unions and whistleblowers), but limited its operation to a five-year period."
Doesn't look like a step "forward" to me........can't wait to see how they try and "spin" this one.
