By Lorne Waldman (May 14, 2024, 1:15 PM EDT) -- Recent news reports have revealed that access-to-information requests for immigration matters now account for 80 per cent of all of the requests made for government files. The number of access applications has mushroomed and so too has the backlog. The situation has reached a crisis and is only getting worse. In order to understand what can be done, we must first ask why there are so many requests directed at immigration officials....