Jacques Gourde at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On October 25th, 2017. See this statement in context.

October 25th, 2017 / 4:55 p.m.

Conservative

Jacques Gourde Conservative Lévis—Lotbinière, QC

Right, so it's possible.

That said, privacy protection is of great importance to all Canadians and to democracy in general. However, with respect to access to information, new policies will be developed in the future to which Canadians are entitled.

Will the provisions of this bill that exclude the Prime Minister's Office and ministers from access create a grey area that will affect access to information?

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