Right to Know Conference

Date

September 26, 2017 13:00 - 17:00

Location

Ottawa

Details

Website: http://www.oic-ci.gc.ca/rtk-dai-eng/DAI-RTK-2017.aspx

Theme: Access to Information : A Fundamental Human Right

Hashtag: #RTK2017

Keynote speaker: Laura Neuman, Carter Centre

Panels: 1:00-5:00 PM (Room 104)

Reception: 5:00-7:00 PM (Colonel By Foyer)

Registration: conference@oic-ci.gc.ca

Opening remarks

• Suzanne Legault, Information Commissioner of Canada

Access to information and human rights

• Toby Mendel, Executive Director, Centre for Law and Democracy
• Alex Neve, Secretary General, Amnesty International Canada
• Philip Tunley, Partner, Stockwoods Barrsters
• Micheal Vonn, Policy Director, BC Civil Liberties Association

Bill C-58, An Act to Amend the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act

• Manon Cornellier, Editorial Writer, Le Devoir
• Vincent Gogolek, Eecutive Director, BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association
• Dennis Molinaro, Historian and R. Roy McMurtry Fellow
• Teresa Scassa, Canada Research Chair in Information Law, University of Ottawa