Posted AT 10:44 PM EST on 23/12/07
PM's officials bog down access requests
OTTAWA — Public requests for documents are being slowed by lengthy reviews in the central department that reports to the prime minister, the Information Commissioner says.
While Stephen Harper's Conservatives campaigned on opening up the access-to-information system, Information Commissioner Robert Marleau said the government's own statistics show that responses to the public's requests for information are slowing down “across the board.
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