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From ranking second in the world in 2011 in the Global RTI Rating conducted regularly by the Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD), a Canada-based non-governmental organisation, along with Access Info Europe, India has slipped to the ninth position, as per the recent update.
Canadians appear increasingly unwilling, unable or ill-equipped to talk to or live peaceably alongside those with divergent views
The privacy commissioner is seeking proposed changes to her office’s funding model that would increase its independence from the government
The Halifax-based group says the vague wording of existing exemptions allows for wide interpretation that can lead to basic information remaining secret
A Canadian centre that promotes democracy around the world is calling for an overhaul of Nova Scotia's freedom of information law to reduce exemptions and give the appeal process more teeth.