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

On May 31st, 2016. See this statement in context.

May 31st, 2016 / 10:40 a.m.

Liberal

Nathaniel Erskine-Smith Liberal Beaches—East York, ON

I want to follow up on the Information Commissioner bracketing the institutions funded in part by government, institutions that perform a public function on behalf of the federal government, and specifically those organizations with the authority to regulate and set standards on behalf of the federal government, where the federal government defers to those organizations.

Mr. Wells, you mentioned having a principle here. Would there not be a principle that we would extend access to information to these organizations?

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