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Monday, 26 June 2017 07:52
ATIA reform bill addresses review of documents covered by solicitor-client privilegeWritten by Teresa Scassa
Note that for ease of reference the different provisions of the bills/laws discussed here are reproduced at the end of this post. The Liberal government, which had promised during the last election campaign to reform Canada’s outdated Access to Information Act (ATIA) has tabled its reforms in Bill C-58. First reviews of the bill, by key users of the ATIA such as academics and journalists have been highly critical of the many ways in which…
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Friday, 16 June 2017 07:12
Ontario court weighs in on relationship between access to information and freedom of expressionWritten by Teresa Scassa
A recent court decision (Assn. for Reformed Political Action Canada v. Ontario) raises some interesting questions about the relationship between the Charter right to freedom of expression and access to information rights. On June 9, 2017, Justice Labrosse of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled that a statutory exemption to Ontario’s Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) violated s. 2(b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and could not…
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