Omnibus budget bill alters history to clear RCMP of potential criminal charges

[shockedcanadian]

If more of this stuff starts hitting the news waves there is no doubt the Conservatives will be done come next election, everyday I become more jaded with government activities. It is worth reading the article:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/omnibus-budget-bill-alters-history-to-clear-rcmp-of-potential-criminal-charges/article24417074/

“I find this provision almost Orwellian,” said Fred Vallance-Jones, an associate professor at the University of King’s College in Halifax and an expert in access to information law.

“It seeks to rewrite history, to say that lawful access to records that existed before didn’t actually exist after all, and that if you exercised your quasi-constitutional right of access to those records, well too bad, you’re out of luck.”

The government is setting a precedent to move retroactively on any record it doesn’t want exposed, Vallance-Jones said. “That to me is the deeper concern.”