What is the test for removing a right of public access?

Canada (Federal), Canada

The following excerpt is from Calwell Fishing Ltd. v. Canada, 2016 FC 312 (CanLII):

The right of public access can only be removed by “competent legislation”, as noted in Attorney General of British Columbia v. Attorney General of Canada, supra.

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