Annual Report
Information Commissioner
2003-2004

"This initiative of bringing transparency and accountability to government has always been an initiative of all members of the House, regardless of party. It has not been an initiative of government."

Mr. John Bryden, M.P.
(Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Aldershot, CPC)
Speaking on second reading of his Private Members’ Bill C-462
Monday, April 26, 2004
 

"The purpose of this Act is to extend the present laws of Canada to provide a right of access to information in records under the control of a government institution in accordance with the principles that government information should be available to the public, that necessary exemptions to the right of access should be limited and specific and that decisions on the disclosure of government information should be reviewed independently of government."

Subsection 2(1)
Access to Information Act