Right to Know Coalition of Nova Scotia (RTKNS) is a non-profit organization. Through advocacy and education, RTKNS encourages the use and development of freedom-of-information legislation to foster a better informed and more politically active electorate in Nova Scotia and to improve the quality of public and private decision making in the province.
The Right to Know Coalition of Nova Scotia website was officially launched November 14, 2006 and with it this Blog.
We are pleased with the reaction we have received so far to our new, and first, website. Many of those who checked it out found it "clean", "informative" and "interesting".
If you have any comments on our site or the blog please let us know.
It is important to us to connect with as many people as possible to get our message out there.
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"Without the FOI, the establishment would have been able to hide even more than it does now. Instead of making it harder for people to get information from public bodies on how they are run, it should be made easier."-- Norwich North UK MP Ian Gibson (Oct 2006) on raising FOI fees
If the public is "to participate more [in government] than just via the ballot box, then they need proper access to information"-- Joanne Caddy, (Nov 2001), "Why citizens are central to good governance", OECD Observer,
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