An Alberta librarian has been archiving much of the provincial government’s online content – including studies on health, climate change policy and poverty reduction – to prepare for a change in government.
Katie Cuyler, a public services and government information librarian at the University of Alberta, said staff used to get paper copies of all government documents but that procedure changed when reports started going online.“The problem with everything being online is that when there is a new government or new policies, they just change their websites,” she said in an interview with The Canadian Press. “You can lose access to a lot of their reports or data.
“This year was interesting because there were some industry analysts and researchers who reached out to me because they had concerns about certain data and reports that they rely upon, that they were worried would not be up any more,” she said. A similar effort took place in Ontario shortly after the Progressive Conservatives won a majority government in the province last June.“Environmental initiatives like the GreenON rebate program were shuttered and then their web presence was removed within days,” he said in a news release. “That information is only available now through the archives by the University of Toronto and the Internet Archive.
So funny that the alt left socialists are comparing Trump to Ford, scheer and Kenney..... Trump has brought the US back from a wasteland under Obama to an industrial power house. Full employment, rising wages. If only it happens here when the fake feminist is gone!
So they transitioned from paper to online before the Conservatives took over, and you want readers to think it’s because of the transition. Good job
Good move after seeing the document desecration Simple Steve Harper did when elected.
Yep. The beginning of the end. Just look south of the border. Ignorance is king. Screw the environment, science, health care, education and the people. Doug Ford is taking a page out of Trump’s playbook in Ontario so will the premier of Alberta and Scheer if given the chance. PC
If Alt Right Andy gets in they will be telling us the earth is flat
Fire them!
I believe the shredder has been going full time in those NDP offices-Librarians should not fear monger us - maybe they are trying to cover up their roque sources and links to foundations that have funded the NDP
Precious idiots
Hysterical lefties? I thought the only ones to destroy documents were Dalton McGuinty and company...
Question becomes is it political and misinformation or legitimate findings.
FakeNewsMedia
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