Difficult Access to the CBC Archives (Toronto)

Abstract

As we were recently reminded when operating hours at the Library and Archives of Canada (LAC) in Ottawa were reduced, free access to archives can be seriously compromised. Efforts by the CHA and its students committee to have the hours of service and operations reinstated are praiseworthy. Another case that was and is of concern is that of the CBC Archives in Toronto. Since September 2007, implementation of the Privacy Act within this public institution has seriously compromised the right to access the archives. I have myself been victim of the CBC Archives’ arbitrary implementation of this legislation.