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Caroline Maynard

Caroline Maynard

Information Commissioner of Canada

Jul 20, 2026

3:10
What about this exercise from Treasury Board and the government has you worried that reform could actually move in the wrong direction?
3:18
Well, yeah.
3:19
Thank you, Michael, for having me.
3:20
And yes, I am encouraged, uh, on one hand that the government fin- finally appears to be willing to be amending the Access to Information Act.
3:29
Uh, as you just pointed out, reform is well overdue.
3:32
Uh, our act is, uh, 43 years old.
3:35
Um, and this re- review does give us a real opportunity to make real improvements.

12 MINS LATER

15:50
Can, can you talk a bit about some of the, the exemptions that are either on the table for reform or the kinds of things you think ought to take place in that regard?

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