"For people who care about access to information these findings are very disappointing," comments Mary Agnes Welch, president of the Canadian Association of Journalists.

The report card gives the Manitoba government a failing grade regarding transparency based on their 1999 election promises. The groups urge the government to improve the decade old promises to make government more transparent. The report card includes five key recommendations for improving the Manitoba government's transparency standards.

Amendments to the Manitoba Act, which have not been proclaimed, include: reducing cabinet confidences to 20 years, and appointing a privacy adjudicator with power to order disclosure of information through Manitoba Ombudsman recommendation.