Your right to know shouldn’t depend on the government’s mood

Governments shouldn’t decide what taxpayers get to know

But that’s exactly what’s happening in Saskatchewan because governments can ignore the watchdog meant to keep them honest Imagine how the highway would look if drivers could treat speeding tickets as a suggestion. That’s how the Saskatchewan government treat its Information and Privacy Commissioner. And it’s hurting Saskatchewanians’ ability to find out how the government is spending their money. Saskatchewanians are supposed to be able to ask t…

Your right to know shouldn’t depend on the government’s mood

Freedom to access government documents is so important that the Supreme Court called it ‘quasi-constitutional.’