Canada’s Parliamentary Budget Officer and Information Commissioner sat down for a conversation with senior writer Paul Wells on June 3
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C-59: How can Parliament justify passing this bill?
The NDP wants hearings and the file has been sent to the OPP, so what will Parliament do with the controversial provisions of C-59, the latest budget bill?
Another omnibus budget bill and a test of Parliament’s will
The information commissioner expresses serious concerns, to which Parliament might now shrug
The quiet cuts
The access to information system grows less accessible
To the shredder
The information commissioner has concerns about the government’s commitment to destroy records related to the gun registry.
How to talk out of both sides of your mouth (II)
Glen McGregor notes that, while Dean Del Mastro thinks “a lot of Canadians would be really troubled to know that we are spending an awful lot of taxpayers’ money on a court case where in fact they’re funding both sides of it” so far as it concerns the CBC, two federal departments are also fighting the information commissioner in court.
Don’t count on him breaking out the phrase “culture of secrecy”, guys – Liveblogging the Info Commissioner at Ethics
Really, take it from someone who was at last week’s press conference. In any case, Information Commissioner Robert Marleau is slated to appear before the Ethics committee this afternoon, so check back at 3:30 pm for full liveblogging coverage.
Open Wide: Liveblogging the Info Commissioner’s annual report
At a news conference to discuss the release of his office’s first Special Report in over two years, Information Commissioner Robert Marleau won’t just be handing out report cards (although he’ll be doing that, too, and it sounds like some departments won’t be posting the results proudly on the refrigerator door) – he’ll also be discussing “systemic issues related to Access to Information in Canada”.