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Bill: Confidentiality Act - 3898
Details
Submitted by[?]: Social-Liberal Caucus
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: November 3899
Description[?]:
This Act has two goals which are intertwined : It aims to enforce the stricter standards in the way our government releases its information. Only national security will now be a reason to delay of 25 more years the release of information. Those delays will have to be decided by the Cabinet. On the other hand, the current legislation doesn't work, because it encourages duplicity in the way information are obtained by the government in order to accuse people of wrong doing. By allowing the judiciary to open letters and emails in extreme situations, and only in an extremely careful way part of a criminal investigation, we protect confidentiality for the majority of our citizens. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Freedom of information law.
Old value:: Classified files are only released at the discretion of the government.
Current: Classified files are released after a set period of time provided doing so is not deemed to be against the public interest.
Proposed: Classified files are released after a set period of time provided doing so is not deemed to endanger national security.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The confidentiality of letters and correspondence.
Old value:: The confidentiality of letters is inviolable.
Current: The confidentiality of letters is not inviolable.
Proposed: The confidentiality of letters is inviolable, but the justice dept. can violate it in extreme situations.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
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Vote | Seats | |||
yes |
Total Seats: 250 | |||
no | Total Seats: 0 | |||
abstain | Total Seats: 49 |
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