Any new progress on this, since it's 4 months old: according to Canada's Information Commissioner "new protocols and directives are thwarting the public's #access to information. Legault cited a Treasury Board directive, released in April 2013 that instructs bureaucrats to exclude ministers' offices from access-to-information document searches.", "complaints to the Information Officer's office in the first 5 months of the 2013-2014 year is up by 35%. Complaints about departments claiming 'no record exists' in response to a request are also up by 34%" cc @question