Law360 Canada (May 21, 2026, 4:32 PM EDT) -- Newfoundland and Labrador has tapped a veteran lawyer to conduct a review of the province’s privacy and access to information laws.

It was announced May 20 that Keri-Lynn Power will commence a statutory review of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

Power will commence the review sometime this spring and is expected to deliver a report and recommendations to the province’s government at the end of January 2027, states a news release.  

The law calls for the Act to be reviewed every five years.  

“The Provincial Government is committed to openness and transparency for all Newfoundlanders and Labradorians,” states the release. “The Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, 2015 provides the public with a right to access government records as well as ensures that personal information that is collected, used or disclosed by public bodies is protected.”

The Act came into force in 2005 and went through amendments in 2012 and 2015, it notes.

According to a provincial government web page, the purpose of the Act is to “provide the public with the right of access to records,” and “to protect the privacy of individuals whose personal information is collected, used and disclosed by public bodies.”

Power had been in general practice at the firm Regular Power Clarke Lawyers since 2006 and retired from private practice in 2025.

A biography from the province states that Power was named as one of Best Lawyers in Canada for 2024, 2025 and 2026 for real estate. It also notes that Power, raised in Churchill Falls, has been chair of the Family Law section of the Canadian Bar Association’s Newfoundland and Labrador branch, as well as chair of the Pharmaceutical External Audit Appeal Board and a disciplinary panel member of the College of Massage Therapists. She also spent 12 years as an adjudicator for the Human Rights Commission.

Helen Conway, Newfoundland and Labrador’s minister responsible for access to information and protection of privacy, spoke of Power’s upcoming review.  

“Our government is committed to protecting privacy while supporting openness and transparency in the public sector,” said Conway in a statement. “I look forward to Ms. Power’s recommendations as we build on our leadership in access and privacy in Canada.”

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