The individual who filed nearly 450 Access to Information requests to the CBC has revealed himself to be Michel Drapeau, a former colonel and now a lawyer in private practice.
Drapeau says he makes more than 800 requests for information each year to various public organizations. At $5 each, it costs him roughly $4,000 annually.
Since September 2007, he has submitted 448 requests to the CBC. He says he’s only had responses from 63 of the requests so far. The CBC has said that the unexpected sheer volume of requests caught it off guard and is hiring more people to try to keep up with the workload.
That’s not good enough for Drapeau. “[I’ve received] no answer nor any acknowledgment of delivery — anything,” he told a Quebec newspaper. “My requests have sat still. I’ve been doing this work since 1992 and I’ve never encountered this kind of situation.” In retaliation, Drapeau has filed 524 complains with the Inf
The attitude of the SRC pushed colonel Drapeau to deposit 524 complaints with the federal Information Commissioner, Robert Marleau. Marleau’s office would not comment.
As recently as this week, CBC posted a job one-year contract position for an additional person in the ATI office.
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