CANADA DROPS LOWER IN RIGHT-TO-KNOW RANKING

Canada has slipped six places to 55th spot on an annual list of global freedom-of-information rankings, and is now tied with Bulgaria and Uruguay. The Halifax-based Centre for Law and Democracy and human rights organization Access Info Europe published the list to mark International Right to Know Day. Canada has dropped down the list partly because other countries have leapfrogged it by introducing better laws. War-torn Afghanistan, working to rebuild its public institutions, tops the rankings this year.