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Stanley Tromp

Stanley Tromp is a Vancouver independent journalist and author of the book Fallen Behind: Canada’s Access to Information Act in the World Context.

Which party will deliver the most transparent government?

VANCOUVER—Canada’s Access to Information Act of 1982 is an essential law that allows citizens and the media to obtain government records on many vital

Opinion | BY STANLEY TROMP | October 21, 2019

The Liberal Party, led by Justin Trudeau, left, broke its promise to have the prime minister’s and ministers’ offices covered under the ATIA, instead prescribing only some proactive release of some self-selected records, which is a form of faux transparency and the Conservatives, now led by Andrew Scheer, also broke nearly all of their 2006 electoral pledges on FOI reform. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Which party will deliver the most transparent government?

Opinion | BY STANLEY TROMP | October 21, 2019

VANCOUVER—Canada’s Access to Information Act of 1982 is an essential law that allows citizens and the media to obtain government records on many vital

Which party will deliver the most transparent government?

Opinion | BY STANLEY TROMP | October 21, 2019

VANCOUVER—Canada’s Access to Information Act of 1982 is an essential law that allows citizens and the media to obtain government records on many vital

The Liberal Party, led by Justin Trudeau, left, broke its promise to have the prime minister’s and ministers’ offices covered under the ATIA, instead prescribing only some proactive release of some self-selected records, which is a form of faux transparency and the Conservatives, now led by Andrew Scheer, also broke nearly all of their 2006 electoral pledges on FOI reform. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Which party will deliver the most transparent government?

VANCOUVER—Canada’s Access to Information Act of 1982 is an essential law that allows citizens and the media to obtain government records on many vital

Opinion | BY STANLEY TROMP | October 21, 2019

The Liberal Party, led by Justin Trudeau, left, broke its promise to have the prime minister’s and ministers’ offices covered under the ATIA, instead prescribing only some proactive release of some self-selected records, which is a form of faux transparency and the Conservatives, now led by Andrew Scheer, also broke nearly all of their 2006 electoral pledges on FOI reform. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Which party will deliver the most transparent government?

Opinion | BY STANLEY TROMP | October 21, 2019

VANCOUVER—Canada’s Access to Information Act of 1982 is an essential law that allows citizens and the media to obtain government records on many vital

Which party will deliver the most transparent government?

Opinion | BY STANLEY TROMP | October 21, 2019

VANCOUVER—Canada’s Access to Information Act of 1982 is an essential law that allows citizens and the media to obtain government records on many vital

The Liberal Party, led by Justin Trudeau, left, broke its promise to have the prime minister’s and ministers’ offices covered under the ATIA, instead prescribing only some proactive release of some self-selected records, which is a form of faux transparency and the Conservatives, now led by Andrew Scheer, also broke nearly all of their 2006 electoral pledges on FOI reform. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade