The Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) today released its analysis of the impact on access to information of the omnibus Bill No. 1, An Act Respecting Government Organization and Administration, tabled in parliament earlier this week by the Government of Nova Scotia, Canada. The analysis shows that despite claims by the government that the amendments “address long-standing inefficiencies” in the local access to information legislation, in fact they mostly give the government greater control over requests for information and the release of key reports by the Auditor General.
The analysis is available here and the Bill is available here.