The right of access to information in Canada is a quasi-constitutional right. At the federal level, the Access to Information Act provides access to federal government records. The Information Commissioner of Canada is responsible for ensuring compliance with the Act. This HillStudy presents an overview of the Access to Information Act, its history and recent changes made to it. It also addresses government and parliamentary reviews of access to information conducted in recent years and the work of the current Information Commissioner of Canada, Caroline Maynard. Lastly, it highlights a number of challenges the access-to-information system faces today.
Read the full text of the HillStudy: Access to Information in Canada: Legal Regime and Recent Developments
By Alexandra Savoie and Maxime-Olivier Thibodeau, Library of Parliament
Categories: Executive summary, Government, Parliament and politics, Information and communications, Law, justice and rights