Mon Jul 17, 2023 – 8:04 pm EDT
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) – Canadians looking to obtain public records via Access to Information requests from federal government departments are now mandated by law to show identification proving they are a citizen or a permanent resident.
Delays in obtaining an Access to Information request are already commonplace. As it stands now, Canadians looking to obtain records via Access to Information requests from federal government departments could be waiting years now for information due to the new rules.
On July 5, Treasury Board president Mona Fortier officially enacted the new identification rules, which were never offered for a public consultation.
According to the Treasury Board in a Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement, “No consultations were deemed to be necessary.”
The Treasury Board says that the new rules “need to ensure an individual making a request under the Act has the right to do so.”
“This includes ensuring the requester is a Canadian citizen, a permanent resident or a person present in Canada.”
Late last year, Fortier announced that new rules mandating that citizens provide a piece of identification in the form of a birth certificate or other means when submitting their information requests were coming.
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