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Responses to FOIs for legal fees show divergent approaches to access obligations
March 15, 2024
IJF launches FOI database that will save you a federal piggyback
March 5, 2024
A Newfoundland town’s attempt to block FOI law with a bylaw – and other recent notable appeals
February 28, 2024
Federal ‘piggyback’ requests skyrocket in 2022-23
February 21, 2024
‘A broader zone of protection’: The CBC’s lawyer on Supreme Court cabinet secrecy ruling
February 14, 2024
Four charts that break down the latest federal access to information statistics
February 7, 2024
What to know about ‘vexatious’ FOI requester provisions
February 1, 2024
December appeal rulings deal with internal complaints, what's "reasonably" related
January 23, 2024
Two-year wait for pandemic small business loan records comes back entirely withheld
December 19, 2023
In possible precedent-setting ruling, federal judge orders EDC to release records
December 14, 2023
Appeals decisions over the years show that government contracts are not private
December 14, 2023
In possible precedent-setting ruling, federal judge orders EDC to release records
December 7, 2023
Why responsive records aren't included in the Secret Canada database
December 4, 2023
Noteworthy November appeals decisions show two takes on the public-interest override
November 30, 2023
Nova Scotia gets a gold star for FOI response
November 22, 2023
A sticker for your thoughts?
November 14, 2023
Three FOI appeal decisions that will spook you this Halloween
October 31, 2023
Alberta chooses secrecy ... again
October 17, 2023
How to use FOI to research a private company's ownership structure
September 25, 2023
How Ken Rubin turns FOI requests into news stories
August 14, 2023
Three rare examples where FOI appeals commissions handed out consequences
July 26, 2023
How an FOI request revealed the state of phone number fraud in Canada
July 20, 2023
More hospitals added to Secret Canada’s search database
July 19, 2023
Inside a years-long FOI fight for 911 wait-time data
July 18, 2023
The ‘Blonde Dragon’ transit driver and other stories uncovered through FOI
July 12, 2023
Kathleen Wynne: Some secrecy must remain for government to function
July 6, 2023
Last chance at the Cat Ranch
June 30, 2023
How Canada’s first FOI bill was introduced, and covered, in 1965
June 28, 2023
How the RCMP’s response to a Democracy Watch FOI highlights the law’s lack of accountability
June 22, 2023
How to request your immigration case file
June 16, 2023
That’s so meta: FOI-ing your FOI
June 15, 2023
Why an FOI rejection ‘radicalized’ this Globe reporter
June 13, 2023
Beverley McLachlin: ‘A democracy just can’t work without the people having information’
June 13, 2023
Transparency in government isn’t a nice-to-have – it’s law
June 13, 2023
David Walmsley: Secret Canada aims to force governments to be more transparent
June 13, 2023
Unreadable files, wrongful redactions, outright refusal: The maddening responses to our FOI requests
June 13, 2023
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