Nathaniel Erskine-Smith at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On May 19th, 2016. See this statement in context.

May 19th, 2016 / 9:05 a.m.

Liberal

Nathaniel Erskine-Smith Liberal Beaches—East York, ON

You mentioned that the exemption for advice and recommendations was the Mack truck of exemptions. I would assume that cabinet confidences are excluded—a significant amount of information that would otherwise be disclosed and that is requested.

Of the total number of requests received, how often is the government relying upon the exemption for advice and recommendations for the cabinet confidences exclusion?

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