When rights are annoying #nlpoli
There’s something about this frivolous and vexatious thing that caught people’s attention right from the start. Under the provincial Conservatives’ new secrecy laws, a cabinet minister can refuse to disclose…
freedom from information
Your Law School called… #nlpoli
The more they talk, the worse it gets. In the House of Assembly on Thursday, justice minister Felix Collins gave some examples of what he would consider "frivolous and vexatious”…
And that was the point, Felix #nlpoli
Justice minister Felix Collins and his colleagues are having a bad week. Felix and his buds want to limit public access to government information. They want to make it harder…
The Vanished Records #nlpoli
Under changes to the province’s access to information law, briefing notes for cabinet ministers will be kept secret for five years. Sounds like it might make some sort of theoretical…
The Secrets Policeman’s Bollocks #nlpoli
CBC demolished the false claims a couple of Conservative cabinet ministers made in order to justify their efforts to destroy the public’s access to government information. Justice minister Felix Collins…
You would fight against disclosure too… #nlpoli
Rarely does one cabinet minister put on not one or two spectacular displays of incompetence in one session of the legislature, but justice minister Felix Collins has done that this…
Freedom from Information: the sorry Connie legacy #nlpoli
“We will amend the Access to Information legislation to enhance the transparency of government actions and decisions.” Danny Williams, Leader of the Opposition, February 2003 There truly is a greater…