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Sask. privacy commissioner says he should have power to make government release info

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Zak Vescera · CBC News · October 08, 2023

Saskatchewan's privacy czar says his office should be given the power to force government agencies to release information in an overdue update to the province's transparency laws.

CBC News spoke to information and privacy commissioner Ron Kruzeniski after publishing a story revealing the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) refused to release a former CEO's resignation letter against Kruzeniski's advice.

Kruzeniski said he doesn't comment on individual cases, but that he believes the province's access to information legislation is in dire need of a makeover to prevent it from stifling the public's right to know.

"The broader issue is: is it time to think about modernizing the legislation? And I do believe it is," Kruzeniski said. . . . .

But Kruzeniski said Saskatchewan is increasingly a national outlier. Provinces like B.C., Ontario and Quebec all have mechanisms that allow commissioners to force government bodies to release public documents. . . . . "

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