Charlie Angus at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On May 14th, 2021. See this statement in context.

May 14th, 2021 / 1:40 p.m.

NDP

Charlie Angus NDP Timmins—James Bay, ON

Thank you, Madame Maynard.

We received a letter this week from a Conservative MP, Mr. Kmiec, who said that he had 18 outstanding access to information requests to Global Affairs, Public Services and Procurement, Innovation Canada, and the Department of Finance that were being ignored. He said they disregarded his requests, they refused to acknowledge requests, and they declined to provide documents.

I'm trying to get a sense of whether that is a pattern that you're seeing. Are you dealing with these kinds of complaints more and more, or is this a one-off?

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