Again, I'm not experienced with the federal practice, but in terms of provincial practice, the freedom of information legislation is only applicable to governmental bodies. What the current government has done is to create, if you like, arm's-length entities, which are still publicly appointed but are then exempt from freedom of information legislation. In the areas of health care, where our union operates, we need to have access to those so we can be proper advocates for the recipients of health care. Because of these limitations in the provincial legislation in not governing all providers of health care, we've been deprived of that access, and we think the public suffers.
On May 31st, 2006. See this statement in context.