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Alberta's information and privacy commissioner says she is worried — but not surprised — the province voted this week to pass legislation she says will reduce public access to government information.Alberta's information and privacy commissioner says she is worried — but not surprised — the province voted this week to pass legislation she says will reduce public access to government information.
"There was nothing in would have come as any surprise to them," said McLeod, whose office has been investigating the government's handling of freedom of information requests since the summer of 2023.In her letter to Nally, McLeod wrote that the proposed changes give the government more power to avoid disclosing information to the public by including in the exempted correspondence "virtually all communication between political staff and .
Service Alberta and Red Tape Reduction Minister Dale Nally, centre, introduced the bill about new freedom of information laws. During the sitting, Smith's government also passed three contentious bills surrounding transgender youth.
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