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Government & Democracy

Government Transparency platforms

Here's what the 2019 Canadian election parties are promising.
We don't have any Liberal policies on Government Transparency.
We don't have any Conservative policies on Government Transparency.
We don't have any NDP policies on Government Transparency.
We don't have any Bloc policies on Government Transparency.

Green

  • Scrap all fees except the filing fee on Access to Information requests.
  • Provide enforceable deadlines.
  • Authorize the Information Commissioner to order the release of information.
  • Place the administration of parliament, the PMO, and ministers' offices within ATI.

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Expand access to information about the government and its activities by scrapping all fees, except the filing fee.

Provide enforceable deadlines so that requests are processed in a timely manner.

Authorize the Information Commissioner to order the release of information.

Place the administration of parliament, the Prime Minister’s Office and minister’s offices within the scope of the ATI.

Override all exemptions so that public interest comes before the secrecy of the government.

Provide for exclusions based on claims of cabinet confidences to be reviewed by the Information Commissioner.

Require public officials to create a public record to document their actions and decisions regarding all ATI requests.

From Election Platform 2019, retrieved 2019-09-22.

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We don't have any PPC policies on Government Transparency.

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