Minister’s Access to Info Focus Is Better Service Amid Calls for Legislative Overhaul

Minister’s Access to Info Focus Is Better Service Amid Calls for Legislative Overhaul
President of the Treasury Board Mona Fortier speaks in the foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Dec. 15, 2022. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
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The federal minister responsible for the much-criticized access-to-information system says her focus is on improving service amid growing calls to go further and rewrite the transparency law.
Treasury Board President Mona Fortier said in an interview Friday her priority is better administration of the Access to Information Act, not a legislative overhaul.