New Brunswick is at the bottom of the pile when it comes to access to information in Canada. The province’s Right to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (RTIPPA) ties for last place alongside Alberta’s access to information law on the RTI Rating, a global index developed by the Centre for Law and Democracy, which measures the strength of legal frameworks for public access to information.

In the wake of the denial of access to a report on the Sackville Fire Department, CHMA takes a deeper dive into New Brunswick’s right to information laws, and talk with Toby Mendel of the Centre for Law and Democracy about why this province has one of the weakest laws in the country, and what that means for democratic rights in New Brunswick.

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