Accès à l'information et renseignements personnels : le précedent québécois
By: COMEAU, Paul-André; COUTURE, Maurice
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ArticlePublisher: Toronto : IPAC, Fall 2003Canadian Public Administration : the journal of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada 46, 3, p. 364-389Abstract: In 1982, the Quebec national assembly brought access to information and the protection of personal information together under one piece of legislation. It created then a new independent body, the Commission daccès à linformation (CAI) (information and privacy commission), to ensure the monitoring of this legislation. Twenty years later, a first assessment of the path taken by Quebec reveals how the CAI has been fulfilling its mandate and identifies the reasons and circumstances for extending the scope of the CAIs responsibilities. As most of the legislative assemblies in the rest of Canada have imitated the Quebec model by creating the position of information and privacy commissioner, the questions that arise from this examination have a broader scope. These questions bear mainly on the co-existence of several mandates and on the commissions accountability to the private sector with regard to personal information. Moreover, they focus on the meaning of the relationship of this commission to the national assembly as the watchdog of the public administration
In 1982, the Quebec national assembly brought access to information and the protection of personal information together under one piece of legislation. It created then a new independent body, the Commission daccès à linformation (CAI) (information and privacy commission), to ensure the monitoring of this legislation. Twenty years later, a first assessment of the path taken by Quebec reveals how the CAI has been fulfilling its mandate and identifies the reasons and circumstances for extending the scope of the CAIs responsibilities. As most of the legislative assemblies in the rest of Canada have imitated the Quebec model by creating the position of information and privacy commissioner, the questions that arise from this examination have a broader scope. These questions bear mainly on the co-existence of several mandates and on the commissions accountability to the private sector with regard to personal information. Moreover, they focus on the meaning of the relationship of this commission to the national assembly as the watchdog of the public administration
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