HALIFAX — The leader of Nova Scotia's Progressive Conservatives made clear last week that if he's re-elected, a key change that he once supported to increase the power of the province's information commissioner is on the back burner, if not dead.
HALIFAX — The leader of Nova Scotia's Progressive Conservatives made clear last week that if he's re-elected, a key change that he once supported to increase the power of the province's information commissioner is on the back burner, if not dead.
In other provinces, including British Columbia, Prince Edward Island, Alberta and Ontario, a version of an"order-making" power for information commissioners puts the onus to appeal on the province if it disagrees with a review's findings. In Newfoundland and Labrador, there is a"reverse-onus" system where the province must argue in court to reverse the findings of the commissioner.
NDP Leader Claudia Chender said in an email Tuesday that,"the NDP would give the privacy commissioner order-making powers. We've been fighting for this for years." While it may appear government's reap short-term gains from weak freedom of information laws, there are political risks as well, says Jeff MacLeod, a political scientist at Mount Saint Vincent University.
The case extends back to the evening of Sept. 4, 2016, when a melee erupted at the facility after a young person asked to leave his cell. Seconds after permission was granted, a control system unlocked his cell along with several others in the unit. In attacks that came minutes later, four staff were injured.
When The Canadian Press went to the Nova Scotia Supreme Court to enforce Ralph's recommendations, the Justice Department finally released a large portion of the redacted material in its response documents, about seven years after the original review started.
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