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Canada’s information czar says feds need to send ‘serious message’ about access innovation amid COVID-19

Information Commissioner Caroline Maynard says the limitations some departments are facing to fill access requests, like needing to print out electronic documents, are ‘ridiculous.’

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May 20, 2020

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Canada’s information czar says feds need to send ‘serious message’ about access innovation amid COVID-19

Information Commissioner Caroline Maynard says the limitations some departments are facing to fill access requests, like needing to print out electronic documents, are ‘ridiculous.’

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