Opinion: NDP MLAs unlikely to back away from government\u0027s trampling the principle of open government
“The right of access to public body information is a critical element of our democratic system of governance,” wrote McEvoy in a submission this week to a legislature committee.
“I will be carefully assessing the impact of those amendments, and in particular the effects of the imposition of the access to information fee by the provincial government.”Article content Those changes included a provision for the fee and restrictions on access to information from the premier’s and ministerial offices.
The committee began meeting this year. In public hearings last month, the government got a thorough pasting over the fee and other changes.Article content
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