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{
    "time": "2009-11-19 09:35:00",
    "attribution": {
        "en": "Ms. Chantal Bernier",
        "fr": ""
    },
    "content": {
        "en": "<p data-HoCid=\"1727353\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Indeed there is tension inherent to access and the protection of information, so that in our relations with certain federal agencies in particular, we note greater resistance because they are more concerned with keeping things confidential.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1727354\" data-originallang=\"fr\">That being said, that is why the Privacy Act exists and why it gives citizens the right to request access. We are there precisely to intervene to facilitate access and decide whether the denial of access is well founded or not.</p>",
        "fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"1727353\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Effectivement, il existe une tension inh\u00e9rente \u00e0 l'acc\u00e8s et la protection des renseignements, de sorte que dans nos rapports avec certaines agences f\u00e9d\u00e9rales, particuli\u00e8rement, nous remarquons plus de r\u00e9sistance parce qu'elles ont une plus grande pr\u00e9occupation de secret. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"1727354\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Cela \u00e9tant dit, c'est pour cela que la Loi sur la protection des renseignements personnels existe et qu'elle donne droit \u00e0 une demande d'acc\u00e8s. Nous sommes l\u00e0, nous pouvons intervenir justement pour faciliter l'acc\u00e8s et d\u00e9cider si, effectivement, le d\u00e9ni d'acc\u00e8s est fond\u00e9 ou non.</p>"
    },
    "url": "/committees/ethics/40-2/38/chantal-bernier-2/",
    "politician_url": null,
    "politician_membership_url": null,
    "procedural": false,
    "source_id": "2957430",
    "document_url": "/committees/ethics/40-2/38/",
    "related": {
        "document_speeches_url": "/speeches/?document=%2Fcommittees%2Fethics%2F40-2%2F38%2F"
    }
}