harper's transparency erodes ...

Access to Information changes eliminated
April 5, 2006

OTTAWA, CP -- The ethics package that was a centrepiece of the Conservatives' successful election bid has been stripped of one of its fundamental elements, several sources said yesterday.

The proposed Federal Accountability Act will not include a sweeping set of reforms to Access to Information laws as promised in the Tory platform.

Those reforms would have given Canadians an unprecedented glimpse into the secretive machinery of government by allowing fuller public access to federal documents.

Officials protested to Harper the plan for more openness went too far.