Wednesday, October 01, 2008

OIPC | Oct 1 Luncheon at the Dominion Club, Toronto: Breaking down barriers to Freedom of Information: Ensuring the Public's Right to Know

Media Advisory

TORONTO, Oct. 1 /CNW/ - Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner Ann
Cavoukian is sponsoring a special luncheon Thursday as part of her educational
initiatives to help increase Ontarians awareness of their rights under
Ontario's freedom of information legislation.
The event is one of several projects launched by the Commissioner to mark
Right to Know Week in Canada.
The highlight of the luncheon - at noon, at the Dominion Club, 1 King
West, Toronto - is a panel that will be discussing: Breaking down barriers to
Freedom of Information: Ensuring the Public's Right to Know.
Panelists include the Commissioner; John Hinds, President of the Canadian
Newspaper Association; David McKie, a senior reporter with the investigative
unit of CBC News; and Dr. Mark Vale, Ontario's Chief Information and Privacy
Officer.


For further information: Media Contact: Bob Spence, IPC Communications
Co-ordinator, Direct line: (416) 326-3939, Cell phone: (416) 873-9746, Toll
free: (800) 387-0073, bob.spence@ipc.on.ca

 
 

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