“The new cabinet exception is, well, breathtaking in its scope,” said Toby Mendel who runs the Centre. Mendels group says the changes in Bill 29, when implemented, would make the provinces open-records laws weaker than those in Mexico, Ethiopia, Nicaragua, Bulgaria, Guatemala and Uganda. “I think it’s one of the widest exceptions of that sort I’ve seen anywhere.” An expert on international access-to-information laws calls key changes in Bill 29 “breathtaking,” and says Newfoundland and Labrador will rank lower than some Third World countries if the amendments pass
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