{"id":4805,"date":"2025-10-17T13:25:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T17:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.northhatley.info\/?p=4805"},"modified":"2025-10-17T13:30:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T17:30:39","slug":"access-to-a-public-contract-in-north-hatley-15-months-and-1000-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northhatley.info\/en\/2025\/10\/17\/access-to-a-public-contract-in-north-hatley-15-months-and-1000-later\/","title":{"rendered":"Access to a public contract in North Hatley: 15 months and $1,000 later"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On July 15, 2024, I asked the Municipality of North Hatley for a copy of a public contract\u2014a request that, in my opinion, was quite routine. When I did not receive a response, I had to refer the matter to the Commission d&#8217;acc\u00e8s \u00e0 l&#8217;information (CAI), attend a hearing that was postponed at the request of the municipality&#8217;s lawyer, and then attend a second hearing that lasted about an hour. <a href=\"https:\/\/northhatley.info\/en\/2025\/10\/16\/access-to-information-in-north-hatley-an-obstacle-course\/\">As they say, it was an obstacle course.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I would like to thank the municipality for finally sending the requested document at 5:03 p.m. on the day of the hearing before the Commission d&#8217;acc\u00e8s \u00e0 l&#8217;information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The result: months of effort, approximately $1,000 in fees on my part, legal fees for the municipality, the mobilization of senior management\u2014and a lot of time wasted for a simple document.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You be the judge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 15, 2024, I asked the Municipality of North Hatley for a copy of a public contract\u2014a request that, in my opinion, was quite routine. 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