The federal government should revise the Access to Information (ATI) Act such that vital information that serves public interest can be released without any restrictions unless the release of them would cause undue harm to the country, says Canada’s largest federal public service union.
In a submission to the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat (TBS) in August 2021, the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) said the government’s contracts with private corporations should be made public unless it can be shown that such a release would cause undue harm to the nation, public interest, or the well-being or safety of people directly impacted by the release.
