The Access to Information Act: A 1988 Review

Reviews and comments on judicial interpretations of the federal Access to Information Act of 1984, including third party applications, exemption cases, personal information cases, procedural cases (the journal's editor and a journalist were involved in this case, which was decided in favour of CSIS), and user fees, deemed refusals [i.e., delays in processing a request], and other issues. Concludes that, overall, the courts have failed to give full effect to the legislation. Also notes that the government ignored the recommendations of a parliamentary standing committee for amendments.