Independent Canadian author and journalist, specialist in freedom-of-information laws, Ottawa-based. deanbeeby.ca | deanbeeby.substack.com. Co-author of forthcoming 24 Sussex: The
Past & Future of Canada's Official Residence (Oct 2026)
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A new substack from me: The black hole devouring cabinet records.
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Treasury Board Secretariat sent out invitations tdy to "expert stakeholders" to join "virtual roundtables" examining possible reform of the Access to Information Act. (The last such roundtables, in 2021-22, were a box-ticking sham.)
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The Gordie Howe International Bridge is 'essentially complete.' The fight over it is not. Access-to-info document shows decades-long fight to build rival Windsor-Detroit crossing. By CBC's Colin Butler.
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Who can shoot down a civilian airliner in Canada? A new substack By Tim Sayles, drawing on ATIA documents from Library and Archives.
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Health worker at ICE facility failed to treat detained Canadian’s symptoms before he died, complaint says. Globe obtained relevant documents under U.S. freedom-of-info law.
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"Making Access Easier: Responsible Right to Information Simplification." A new blog by Toby Mendel and Joseph Foti.
"We seem to be in a moment of regulatory simplification. Can the right to information (RTI) benefit from simplification too?"
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Cda has eyes wide shut in approach to strengthening China ties. By Rita Trichur. "Heavily redacted versions of .. documents were obtained by Ottawa-based researcher Ken Rubin through a request made under the Access to Information Act ..."
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Health Canada (HC) said this controversial pesticide is safe. Behind the scenes, the agency has ramped up its monitoring. Story based on Dec. 18 HC email obtained under access-to-info. By TorStar's Frédérik Plante & Emma McIntosh
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If you’re confused about how China has quickly evolved from being our biggest security threat to a trusted ally in information sharing, you’re not alone
"...only you or I can authorize a military pilot to shoot down a civilian aircraft in Canada."
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Newly obtained federal briefing documents show Canada finished building the $6.4-billion Gordie Howe International Bridge before a major legal challenge to the project is expected to reach trial.
Johnny Noviello appeared dizzy and unstable, but no treatment plan offered, say records from U.S. Justice Department’s internal watchdog obtained by The Globe
We seem to be in a moment of regulatory simplification. Can the right to information (RTI) benefit from simplification too?
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Who can shoot down a civilian airliner in Canada? A new substack By Tim Sayles, drawing on ATIA documents from Library and Archives.
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OTTAWA — The vast majority of crime guns traced by the RCMP to identifiable sources in 2023 and 2024 came from within Canada and were not smuggled from abroad, say internal reports prepared by the nat...
