He also served as consultant to the House of Commons committee that conducted the review of the Access to Information Act and Privacy Act in 1987, and in 1992, was appointed as special advisor responsible for the policy formation and drafting of British Columbia's first Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. [...] Some of the laws state that the override should apply to all the FOI exemptions and be mandatory, not only apply to two exemptions and be discretionary, as is the case in the ATIA. [...] A Conservative government will: 1. Implement the Information Commissioner's recommendations for reform of the Access to Information Act.* 2. Give the Information Commissioner the power to order the release of information. [...] It is to the individual who delegated the administration of public affairs to his or her representatives that belongs the right to information, information that the State uses and produces with taxpayer money.1 The Supreme Court of India has stated, in finding a right to information as part of the general guarantee of freedom of expression: ‘Where a society has chosen to accept democracy as its cr [...] His goals include the release of a database of Russian pollution sources in the air and water, the filings and registry of Russian corporations and organizations, product certifications, all information at the federal statistics service and a database of decrees issued by ministers in the federal and regional governments.