We should be deeply concerned about this, particularly in an age of rapid policy change and re-engineering of governments. More than ever, this is a time to understand. The Access to Information Act and its provincial counterparts serve weakly the public's need to know more than what politicians impart through ribbon-cuttings, scrums, and staged events. The law needs to come of age so the new wave of electronic records are properly accessible, so many of the ways to exempt records from disclosure are eliminated, and so Grace's office can compel the release of material when the law is supportive. Fix the law.
Democracy deserves nothing less.
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