Freedom-of-information system ranked last: Vince Kazmierski comments
Freedom-of-information system ranked last: Vince Kazmierski comments
Vincent Kazmierski is a professor of law at Carleton University.
Source: The Edmonton Journal
Date: January 11, 2011
By: Karen Kleiss
Excerpt:
Carleton University law professor Vincent Kazmierski studies the operation of access to information laws in Canada and says observers such as judges and information commissioners have noted both active and passive resistance to open government among both politicians and bureaucrats.
“What information commissioners have noted is that politicians, the leaders of government, have not made it clear enough to the bureaucracy that the Access to Information Act is to be valued and protected,” he said.
“There are people within the civil service who are committed to open government, but unfortunately it only takes a few to undermine the system.”