Jadis figure de proue en matière d'accès aux renseignements et documents issus du gouvernement, le Canada accuse maintenant du retard de l'avis de certains universitaires et de la commissaire à l'information, et se classe maintenant au 55 rang parmi 93 pays aux plans de l'accès à l'information et de l'ouverture.
Canada was once a leader in providing access to government information and documents, but sadly, according to academics and according to the Information Commissioner, we are becoming laggards. Internationally, Canada is currently ranked 55th out of 93 countries in terms of our access and our openness.