🧵It's been less than a month since the government changed the freedom of information laws, but a slew of updated rejection notes have started to land in the inboxes of journalists, advocates and others.
Here's a look at the first few. #ONpoli
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Years into a freedom of information fight over the Greenbelt scandal, @jessiecatherine.bsky.social (The Trillium) tells @jeyantvo.bsky.social FOI changes could block the records. "This does matter." At 8pm with Salvator Cusimano (@transparencycan.bsky.social) | Producer: @colinellis81.bsky.social
In this op-ed, former premier Kathleen Wynne writes about having to face "uncomfortable, sometimes humiliating experiences" because of information unearthed by FOI requests.
That, she argues, is part of our democracy, and Ford's FOI changes will weaken it.
www.thetrillium.ca/opinion/opin...