Hospitals under the microscope - Niagara Review

Hospitals under the microscope - Niagara Review:

By RAY SPITERI , REVIEW STAFF WRITER

Niagara's hospitals could soon be open to more public scrutiny.

The Ontario government proposed legislation Wednesday that, if passed, would subject hospitals to freedom-of-information requests, as of Jan. 1, 2012.

Hospitals are one of the few public agencies exempt from such requests.

Niagara Falls MPP Kim Craitor, a longtime proponent of increasing transparency to public bodies, said the legislation is "exactly in line" with what he believes.

"It's the right thing to do for the public," he said. "I hope we get to the point when my transparency bill is redundant because the government has done everything I had hoped."

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