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Lower FOI fees, head of advocacy group urges By JEFFREY SIMPSON Staff Reporter Tue. Oct 14 - 4:46 AM Lowering fees for information requests would be a good way for the province to mark 250 years of democracy in Nova Scotia, says the head of a non-profit advocacy group. Darce Fardy, who founded the Right to Know Coalition after retiring in 2006 as the province's review officer for the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, said his group has started a petition calling on the province to reduce the $25 fee to $5 for requests under the act. It now charges one of the highest rates in Canada. "I don't think it adds much to the government budget to be able to collect that," Mr. Fardy said in an interview. "But it does, in fact, deter people from using the act." … FULL ARTICLE: <http://thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotia/1084547.html>
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