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Bloc Private Members Bill Calls for Public Register of Access Requests
June 3, 2008 - 4:00am

Bloc MP Carole Lavalee has introduced a private members bill that would require every government institution to maintain a public register of every record disclosed in response to an Access to Information Act request.

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Ethics Committee Calls for Reinstatement of CAIRS
May 2, 2008 - 4:00am

The House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics has issued a report "deploring" the cancellation of the CAIRS database and demanding that the government reinstate it.

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Conservatives Kill ATIP Database
May 2, 2008 - 4:00am

The CBC is reporting that the Conservative government has quietly killed the CAIRS database, an invaluable source of information that listed virtually all ATIP requests. The database was an essential research tool for more open government and the decision will have an exceptionally damaging effect on government accountability and transparency.

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