There will be a lot of training involved. Nova Scotia and New Brunswick have had freedom of information legislation for years. They do not, however, have estimates for the total administration costs. There are coordinators in each department who, on a part-time basis, deal with access requests. New Brunswick doesn't have a separate privacy commission.
Appeals go through the province's ombudsman.
Each year, he deals with more than 120 appeals on access to information requests. Fardy says Jeff Lantz's figures do appear high. I wouldn't be able to make a judgment on that. It does seem to be a bit steep, but I don't know. These people dealing with applications have other jobs, so there was no salary attached to administrators in the Nova Scotia government.