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Nova Scotia Premier Says He Prefers Phone Over Email To Conduct Business

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 29 Sep, 2016 01:25 PM
    HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's premier says he doesn't see the need to document every issue the government discusses because he doesn't want to publicly defend things that don't become policy.
     
    Stephen McNeil says that's why he prefers to do most of his government business over the telephone and not through his government email account.
     
    McNeil says he needs to be able to discuss things that need to be reviewed but may never become public.
     
    He says that's part of running government and not an attempt to circumvent freedom of information laws.
     
    McNeil says the government does make all information available around issues that eventually become public policy.
     
    Catherine Tully, the province's information and privacy commissioner, says while there is no law against using the phone, best practice would see the creation of rules around the duty to document government policy records.

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