Justice: Information Requests and Freedom-of-Information Request

justice: Wildrose accountability critic Jason Nixon says he has no faith an investigation into Alberta Justice handling of a freedom-of-information request will get at the truth, according to CBC. In a letter released to CBC News Thursday, Clayton said her office had hired a private investigator to investigate whether Justice wilfully tried to mislead or obstruct the commissioner, or altered or falsified a record to evade freedom of information requests. FOIP commissioner orders investigation of Alberta Justice Nixon was responding to news that Alberta information commissioner, Jill Clayton, had ordered an investigation into whether Alberta Justice committed an offence under the freedom of information act when it processed FOIP requests from CBC News and lawyers for the tobacco industry about how the potentially lucrative contract came to be awarded. The commissioner has also asked Justice to appoint an independent prosecutor so as to avoid a potential conflict. Ministry hasn't produced records yet Earlier this week, McCallum recommended Clayton order an investigation after identifying several issues with the ministry behaviour, including the fact it arbitrarily narrowed the time frame of the requests. Clayton ordered the investigation based on the recommendation of former Nova Scotia FOIP commissioner Dulcie McCallum, who is adjudicating a long-running inquiry under the FOIP act into how Alberta Justice processed the requests from CBC News and the tobacco industry. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.