The Canadian Press reports on Judge Luc Martineau’s order requiring “Public Safety Minister of Canada Steven Blaney and the RCMP to immediately turn over a hard drive containing a copy of all Quebec gun registry data,” calling it “just one step in a long legal wrangle between” Canada Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault and the government. The report describes a change to the Access to Information Act “buried in the budget bill,” and contends, “On learning the Mounties would face charges from the country's own privacy commissioner, it changed the law so that the data destruction couldn't be considered a crime.” Meanwhile, Alberta Information and Privacy Commissioner Jill Clayton is calling for “more proactive disclosure of government travel, meals and other expenses,” Edmonton Sun reports.
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