The Mounties have decided not to lay charges in a case in which sensitive government emails were deliberately destroyed, ending a two-year probe regarded as an overdue test of Canada's information law.
"How did this go from 'We find as a fact that records were destroyed' to 'Nothing to see here, let's all move along'?" Vincent Gogolek said in an interview from Vancouver. ... Beaumier noted that her private-member's bill to toughen the Act got little support from Prime Minister Jean Chretien at the time, but was backed by the Reform party under Preston Manning.
More principled openness and accountability from the Reformacons.
Yeah, great signal for public servants who just now know they can pick and choose what they send in for ATIP requests. If it looks bad destroy it and send in the rest, nothing will happen! Whata sad joke this is.
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Beaumier noted that her private-member's bill to toughen the Act got little support from Prime Minister Jean Chretien at the time, but was backed by the Reform party under Preston Manning.
More principled openness and accountability from the Reformacons.