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– Canada's "badly broken" access to information system must be fixed (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News April 12, 2017

The Liberal government's decision to indefinitely delay reforms to strengthen the Access to Information Act should concern everyone who cares about transparency and democratic accountability in Canada.
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