Canadians can be heard chanting, "We're number one! We're number one!".
An academic study clearly shows our government is the worst of five studied in providing access to information.
In the January 9, 2011 Globe and Mail, Dean Beeby of the Canadian Press reports on a University College in London study into the effectiveness of freedom of information laws in Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand and Australia. Indeed, we are the least effective.
(see http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canada-ranks-last-in-freedom-of-information-study/article1863083/ )
Canada's Information commissioner, M. Legault, reports a steady decline in responsiveness with an accelerated pace in the last 5 years.
Because of this PMO's determination to release only well spun yarns to the public, thereby keeping us in the dark, I truly am beginning to understand the life of the mushroom from my own experience.
