Nova Scotia Liberal Party NS response to FOI Letter
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Dear Mr. Fardy,
I would like to respond to your e-mail regarding our freedom of information legislation. I understand your request for our party's position went to candidates. As leader, I would like to provide you with the Liberal Party's position.
The Nova Scotia Liberal Party has committed in our platform to reducing application fees. We agree with your position, the $25.00 fee is too high. A Liberal government would reduce the fee to $5.00.
We have also argued on a number of occasions that the wait times for receiving information is often excessive. A Liberal government would review the existing process to determine whether the difficulty is with the regulatory framework (i.e. the timelines established) or whether there is a problem with adherence to those timelines.
The Liberal Party believes that government needs to be more open and accountable to the people. Our commitment to making government more accessible and accountable goes beyond our initiatives relating to access to information. I would encourage you and others to examine the Liberal Party's plan, at www.liberal.ns.ca. The plan includes commitments for fixed budget and legislative session dates, to freeze user fees and the creation of an all-party committee on House of Assembly Reform and Renewal.
I thank you for your efforts in making Nova Scotia's government more open and transparent, and thus more responsive to the people it serves.
Sincerely,
Stephen McNeil, MLA
Leader, Nova Scotia Liberal Party
Phone: (902) 424-8637
Fax: (902) 424-0539
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