Access To Information Act Dept: These are a few of the many stories uncovered in documents obtained through the Access to Information Act, a law that received royal assent 30 years ago on July 7, and came into force almost a year later, on Canada Day 1983, according to CBC. For the same time period, the number of requests completed within the mandated 30-day time limit increased by 35.7 per cent and defence Minister Peter MacKay's helicopter ride that led to embarrassing headlines and head-scratching explanations. Former international co-operation minister Bev Oda's infamous $16 orange juice. Citizenship and Immigration Canada's faked citizenship ceremony. The act has proved popular over its three decades. Treasury Board statistics show access requests are up 42.7 per cent over the last five fiscal years, in part because the government's 2006 Accountability Act brought more institutions, including the , under the law.
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