A commentary by a former senior associate member of the University of Oxford.
British Columbia’s Bill 9 does not remove the right of access to information, but it risks making that right harder to use in practice. That should concern anyone who believes government should be answerable to the public, not insulated from it ...
... delays are not, by themselves, a reason to narrow public rights. More often, they reflect under-resourced access offices, weak records management and outdated systems.
If government cannot process requests efficiently, the answer is to improve capacity, not reduce accountability ...
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