For the second year running, a report card on free expression has given Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government a failing grade for access to information.

The Canadian Journalists for Free Expression says the government's record actually worsened — delays in the release of information lengthened and what was eventually released was less complete than before.

The organization points to a Public Works bureaucrat's move to "unrelease" information to The Canadian Press as an example of why Canada now ranks last among five leading democracies when it comes to access to information.

The review also gives an F to security forces and the federal government for calling last summer's G20 Summit in Toronto an "unmitigated success" when the CJFE considered the event where thousands were detained the "most massive compromise of civil liberties in Canadian history."

The Supreme Court of Canada received a C grade and a mixed review for its decision to force one journalist to turn over his source material while also recognizing the right to protect sources exists if the media can show it is in the public interest.

CJFE board member and journalist Bob Carty says the most important message the report is trying to send is the need for Canadians to remain vigilant on freedom of expression.