The hon. Chief Government Whip is rising on a point of order.
An Act to amend the Access to Information Act (transparency and duty to document)
This bill is from the 41st Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in August 2015.
This bill is from the 41st Parliament, 2nd session, which ended in August 2015.
Pat Martin NDP
Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)
Defeated, as of May 7, 2014
(This bill did not become law.)
This is from the published bill.
This enactment amends the Access to Information Act to, among other things,
(a) give the Information Commissioner of Canada the power to order government institutions to release documents;
(b) require government institutions to create records to document their decisions, recommendations and actions;
(c) establish an explicit duty to comply with orders of the Information Commissioner; and
(d) provide that those orders may be filed with the Federal Court and enforced as if they were judgments of that Court.
All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.
Bill numbers are reused for different bills each new session. Perhaps you were looking for one of these other C-567s:
Access to Information ActPrivate Members' Business
John Duncan Conservative Vancouver Island North, BC
Mr. Speaker, I think the member for Calgary Centre was counted on both votes. We need clarification.
Access to Information ActPrivate Members' Business
The Speaker Andrew Scheer
The Chief Government Whip is a step ahead of me. I was just about to do that very thing.
Can the hon. member for Calgary Centre clarify for the House which way she intended to vote?
Access to Information ActPrivate Members' Business
The Speaker Andrew Scheer
The hon. member for Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor is rising on a point of order.
Scott Simms Liberal Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor, NL
Mr. Speaker, I am sorry I am a little too late, but I just wanted to stand and say that as critic for democratic reform, I was going to vouch for her.
Access to Information ActPrivate Members' Business
