A researcher seeking records about an RCMP investigation from Canada’s national archives was told it would cost the government more than $21 million to process…
Dagg, a longtime user of the access law, called the 80-year delay “outrageous” in a January interview with The Canadian Press, saying the archives should have a more constructive plan.
Maynard concluded that while processing the large volume of records under the standard 30-day period set out in the access law would interfere with the archives’ operations, the 80-year extension was unreasonable.Maynard recommended a response to the request be provided to Dagg “forthwith,” but Library and Archives refused to budge.The public servant’s curiosity was piqued by the story about the case and submitted his own request for the documents.
In addition, the request would have to be assessed internally and specialized equipment to process digital media would need to be acquired, which could take months or even years. The following day, the requester received a letter from Library and Archives saying it would process his application, with the proviso it would take up to 23,725 days to prepare a response — the same 65-year time-frame eventually provided in Dagg’s case.In an interview, he acknowledged his application is “a very big request” for hundreds of thousands of pages, but said it is the mission of Library and Archives to process such files for Canadians.
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