Jun 182012
Public responds angrily to perceived secrecy.
from the CBC
An expert on international access-to-information laws calls key changes in Bill 29 "breathtaking," and says Newfoundland and Labrador will rank lower than some Third World countries if the amendments pass.
The CBC show On Point with David Cochrane asked the Centre for Law and Democracy to analyze the changes proposed in the bill, which is currently being filibustered by the opposition in the house of assembly.
"The new cabinet exception is, well, breathtaking in its scope," said Toby Mendel who runs the centre.
"I think it's one of the widest exceptions of that sort I've seen anywhere."
Bill 29 expands the scope of cabinet secrecy, making whole new classes of documents off limits from public oversight…
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