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Bureaucrats told to keep Ontario freedom-of-information requests moving despite Doug Ford's new secrecy rules. By Robert Benzie thestar.com/politics/pro... #cdnfoi #ontfoi #ontpoli

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www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli

A new substack from me: Canada's bad boy of freedom of information open.substack.com/pub/deanbeeb... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli

From Tim Sayle, an access-to-info gem. open.substack.com/pub/timsayle... #cdnfoi

Luxury tax on planes, cars yielded over $900M. Now it's been scaled back. (Story based in part on an access-to-info request.) By CP's Christopher Reynolds. nationalnewswatch.com/2026/06/19/l... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli

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Ontario's Ford government goes to court to fight FOI disclosure of blue licence plate documents. By Allison Jones. nationalnewswatch.com/2026/05/25/f... #cdnfoi #ontfoi #ontpoli

Two legal battles over Greenbelt records ‘likely’ quashed by PCs’ FOI restrictions. By Aidan Chamandy and Charlie Pinkerton thetrillium.ca/news/politic... #cdnfoi #ontfoi #ontpoli

"As a wise boss once told me: sources whisper, documents scream. Learn to file freedom of information requests. Ask sources ... for documents to back up what they are saying." By Steve Lambert stevelambertwpg.substack.com/p/my-two-cen... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli #cdnmedia

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toronto.citynews.ca

OTTAWA — Data from an advanced electric vehicle that falls into the wrong hands could be used to track people or carry out surveillance, an internal government document warns. The Public Safety Canada...

Connected vehicle data 'can have intelligence value' to adversaries: federal document

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...

toronto.citynews.ca

Most crime guns traced by RCMP came from within Canada, internal reports say

Information commissioner Caroline Maynard says a federal proposal to narrow the scope of the Access to Information Act is a move in the wrong direction that could exclude “entire swaths of government-...

www.ctvnews.ca

Bid to narrow transparency law 'a move in the wrong direction,' info watchdog says

National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.

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open.substack.com

Privy Council Office, Carney's own department, singled out for sharp criticism by info commissioner

Luxury tax on planes, cars yielded over $900M. Now it's been scaled…

My two cents: Advice for aspiring political reporters and their editors

Canada's bad boy of freedom of information

Some advice to reporters who want to cover politics, from a retiring journalist

stevelambertwpg.substack.com

In the wake of Doug Ford's controversial amendment to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, there has been confusion about what can be made public.

thestar.com

Bureaucrats told to keep freedom of information requests moving despite Doug Ford’s new secrecy rules

80 years later, we can read about how Canada tried and failed to buy an extinct duck.

open.substack.com

The Duck That Got Away (or Ducks Limited)

National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.

nationalnewswatch.com

Ford government goes to court to fight FOI disclosure of blue licence…

The Ford government’s retroactive FOI changes are expected to prevent the release of highly protected Greenbelt scandal-related documents, including records of the premier’s calls

thetrillium.ca

Two legal battles over Greenbelt records ‘likely’ quashed by PCs’ FOI restrictions