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Right to Know: Policy Issues
As part of this year's Right to Know Week celebrations, panellists Craig Forcese (professor, Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa), Dominique Clément (associate professor, University of Alberta), Peter Barnacle (general counsel, Canadian Association of University Teachers) and Charlie Angus (NDP Indigenous and Northern Affairs critic) discuss policy issues surrounding access to information in Canada. This year in Canada, Right to Know week takes place from September 26 to October 2. The purpose of this week is to raise awareness of an individual's right to access government information and to promote freedom of information as essential to both democracy and good governence. (September 26, 2016)