Is the business of public officials any of the public'sbusiness?
Most Canadians would argue that it is - that wecitizens are
entitled to enquire and get answers about ourgovernment's actions.
Access to information (ATI) is widelyregarded as a fundamental
right, consistent with the notion that ademocratic government
should be open, accountable, and citizen-driven.Yet, on a practical
level, there still exists a struggle between thepublic's pursuit of
transparency and the government'spersistent culture of secrecy.
Drawing together the unique perspectives of social scientists,
journalists, and ATI advocates, "Brokering Access" explores
thepolicies and practices surrounding access to information at
thefederal, provincial, and municipal levels. The book's
foursections each explore a different aspect of ATI within a
theoretical orpractical framework. Beginning with a look at the
history of ATImechanisms and a summary of the key features of
contemporary ATI laws, "Brokering Access" goes on to tackle issues
of security andinformation control; illustrates how ATI can be used
as a dataproduction method in the social sciences; and finally
chronicles theexperiences of some of Canada's most prominent
journalistic usersof ATI. This volume sheds new light on a subject
that affects allCanadians.
Mike Larsen is an instructor in the CriminologyDepartment of
Kwantlen Polytechnic University. KevinWalby is an assistant
professor of sociology at the Universityof Victoria.
Contributors: Reem Bahdi, Jim Bronskill, AnnCavoukian, Tia
Dafnos, Willem de Lint, Gary Dickson, Yavar Hameed, Steve Hewitt,
Sean P. Hier, Suzanne Legault, David McKie, JeffreyMonaghan, Justin
Pich, Jim Rankin, Ann Rees, Fred Vallance-Jones, andMatthew G.
Yeager
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