Wed Jan 25, 2023 – 8:24 pm EST
OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) – In the last two years alone, multiple Canadian federal governmental departments spent $39 million hiring contractors to comb through and censor documents requested by the public under the Access to Information Act.
As per Blacklock’s Reporter, information revealed from an Inquiry of Ministry requested by Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) MP Kelly McCauley last June shows the large payouts to multiple firms and individuals.
According to the Inquiry, “Each file is different based on the complexity and the volume of pages.”
The Inquiry also said that some of the paid consultants have other “functions,” which include “file review and providing technical advice.”
In one instance, Canada’s National Gallery of Canada paid out over $126,000 to a private consultant, Brenda Keen Consulting Incorporated of Nepean, Ontario, which was tasked with censoring documents over two years.
Keen is a former federal employee.
The Inquiry, however, did not say why current government employees were able to manage Access to Information requests.
The $39 million, according to the Inquiry, went to “contracts provided to consultants related to the processing of requests made under the Access to Information Act since January 1, 2020.”
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