Ours is a relatively young country, but we are well known for our secrecy and corruption worldwide. Canada places low down when ranked for disclosure capabilities. Other countries, however, like New Zealand, quickly release cabinet records.
I've suggested many solutions, but they've been ignored. What we need is an automatic, quick, thorough disclosure, guaranteed under freedom of expression and constitutional rights, and a duty to serve and strong penalties built into right-to-know legislation.
Let's get on with ending the culture and corruption in Canada so that we can get real data and not spins and spits of information fed to us by the feds. No doubt, though, I and others still will have to make use of our greatly improved right to information should that happen. Otherwise, as in the past, I and others will continue struggling to get tidbits of data against many odds and barriers.
More need to join us. As my website says, “What people do not know can often hurt them.”
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