The bill is one of about a dozen pieces of new legislation awaiting royal assent after the fall legislature sitting wrapped up on Wednesday.
RELATED VIDEO : Alberta is revamping the current law around how private information is protected. The new legislation surrounding the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act also touches on political staffers and what the public can know about their communications. Erik Bay has more – Nov 6, 2024The bill, which passed third and final reading on Wednesday and set to become law, creates new exemptions for what government documents the public has a right to access.
Further changes include documents containing background and factual information used in behind-the-scenes government deliberations in the development of policy and legislation.Information and privacy commissioner Diane McLeod says she had shared her concerns before the bill was tabled last month, and that her letter to Service Alberta Minister last month wouldn’t have been a surprise.
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