Trouble in the ring at the RCMP's Musical Ride
There’s trouble in the ring at the RCMP’s iconic Musical Ride, where the horses are…
Dean Beeby
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Abandon hope ye who file FOI requests here
The first line of this century-old stanza is often quoted as a proverb to…
RCMP hobbled by century-old policing model: minister's briefing
The RCMP receives “insufficient federal investment” to carry out its increased…
Lincoln Alexander's link to freedom of information
Lincoln Alexander’s legacy of facing down racism in Canada is being celebrated…
Canada needs a morgue for freedom-of-info documents
In their heyday, newspapers maintained ‘morgues,’ musty places where clippings were…
Cabinet secrecy gets a boost
Canada’s top court last week roundly affirmed the confidentiality of cabinet…
British Columbia's wacky FOI follies
Reporters have been bailing on freedom-of-information requests everywhere you look…
Even journalists have privacy rights
Journalists are sometimes in the business of keeping secrets. They have a duty…
Knowing where to look for news
A lot of great scoops about government are hiding in plain sight. Open-source…
Ontario journalists quitting freedom-of-info
Journalists in Canada have long been minor users of freedom-of-information laws,…
Mangled and mutilated: Ottawa's banknote rescue service
Millions of dollars arrive each year at the Bank of Canada in the form of bank notes…
Ged Baldwin's 50-year-old crusade for freedom of information legislation in Canada
This year is a milestone for government transparency in Canada, marking…
RCMP misses key deadline for response to Nova Scotia's mass casualty of 2020
The RCMP has blown past a deadline for responding to a scathing public…
History’s lessons on reforming the Access to Information Act in Canada
The great Charles Dickens in his 1857 novel Little Dorrit satirized how…