Caroline Maynard

An Ottawa researcher is asking a judge to order Canada's national archives to speed up work on his request for old RCMP records after he was told to wait at least 80 years for a response.

The Treasury Board president had asked the commissioner for her input on how to improve the information disclosure regime, which is supposed to ensure the government is transparent and accountable to Canadians.

The federal information watchdog is calling for the offices of the prime minister and other cabinet members to be included under the Access to Information Act.

The federal information watchdog has chastised the prime minister's bureaucrats for shutting down several requests from a researcher without good cause.

Caroline Maynard reminded the House of Commons government operations committee Friday that Canadians’ right of access has not been suspended during the pandemic. Meanwhile, the Canadian COVID-19 Accountability Group of transparency experts wants Ottawa to legally require the proactive disclosure of certain types of federal records within 15 days of them being prepared.

Canada's information commissioner says the government's "stopgap approach" to funding is jeopardizing her efforts to clear a backlog of complaints from dissatisfied file-seekers.