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

On February 25th, 2016. See this statement in context.

February 25th, 2016 / 9 a.m.

Liberal

Nathaniel Erskine-Smith Liberal Beaches—East York, ON

Thanks very much.

Thank you for the presentation and also for the thorough report, “Striking the Right Balance for Transparency”.

For my first question, I'll start at the beginning, with recommendation 1.1. The recommendation is that there be an expansion to all institutions that spend public money in whole or in part. I wanted to drill down a little. Is the recommendation that all institutions or organizations that receive funding from the federal government be subject to the Access to Information Act? Also, how far do we read “in part”?

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