Nearly all serious adverse reactions among plasma donors in past decade involved for-profit sites: data from access-to-info request. By CBC's Michelle Allan. cbc.ca/news/canada/... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli

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

The race to the bottom for freedom of information in Canada. Opinion piece (paywall) by Ken Rubin. hilltimes.com/2026/06/17/t... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli

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

New Brunswick govt's constructive proposals for strengthening FOI in the province: www.gnb.ca/en/gov/infor... #cdnfoi #nbfoi #nbpoli

A call for stronger access-to-information rights: submission of the B.C. Freedom of Information and Privacy Association to the Treasury Board's five-year review of the Access to Information Act. fipa.bc.ca/20260615-sub... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli

Federal bureaucrat cleared over alleged improper deletion of ArriveCan records. By Tom Cardoso. theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli

Centre for Law and Democracy's submission to Treasury Board for reform of the Access to Information Act. www.law-democracy.org/resources/ca... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli

Congrats to Alanna Smith, winner of the CAJ's Freedom of Information Journalism award (sponsored by Ken & Debbie Rubin) at last night's Ottawa gala: GOLD Alanna Smith "Interference in Alberta’s measles response" The Globe and Mail www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... #cdnfoi

Gov't staffer turned lobbyist: Inside story based on more than 4k pages of internal docs obtained by TorStar via freedom-of-information legislation. By Emma McIntosh. www.thestar.com/news/investi... #cdnfoi #ontfoi #ontpolli

Great wrap at CAJ conference in Ott. Bob Fife, former firefighter from Chapleau, Ont., spoke about starting political fires on Parliament Hill. And four Hill veterans - Mike Blanchfield, David Akin, Judy Trinh & Tonda MacCharles -offered tips on breaking stories. Hint: talk to people. #caj #cdnmedia

Great sessions Friday @ CAJ Ottawa conference. Brett Forester, Tim Sayle & Randy Boswell on historical resources for stories; Rob Russo, Stephanie Taylor, Marie Vastel & Bill Curry on covering the Hill; Elizabeth Thompson on open-source material. Bravo all, & thx - I learned a lot. #caj #cdnmedia

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

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A new substack from me: The black hole devouring cabinet records. deanbeeby.substack.com/p/the-black-... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli

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 ..." theglobeandmail.com/business/com... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli

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.) forms-formulaires.alpha.canada.ca/en/id/cmq0xd... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli

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 thestar.com/news/investi... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli

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. cbc.ca/news/canada/... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli

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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. open.substack.com/pub/timsayle... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli

"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?" medium.com/ogp-horizons... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli

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. theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-johnny-noviello-canadian-ice-detainee-death-symptoms-illness-prison/ #cdnfoi #foia #cdnpoli

Access-to-info request: PM Carney's meeting with cast/crew of 'Heated Rivalry' chock full of cabinet secrets and confidential advice. #cdnfoi #cdnpoli #broken

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In the vital trucking sector, weak oversight is leaving Canada’s workers unprotected and unsafe. "To expose these challenges, The Globe filed more than 30 freedom-of-information requests ..." By Sara Mojtehedzadeh and Mahima Singh theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli

Ontario court dismisses appeal to block release of Ford’s cell phone records. But because Ford's recent amendments to the province's FOI law are retroactive, "it is likely to nullify the court ruling" globalnews.ca/news/1186106... #cdnfoi #ontfoi #ontpoli

N.L. justice officials can't say how many cases are tossed after trial delays. So we tracked them. Bravo CBC's Rob Antle & Ariana Kelland for digging into this important story when justice officials wouldn't. cbc.ca/news/canada/... #cdnpoli #nlpoli

Ford government reverses plan to fight FOI disclosure of blue licence plate documents. By Allison Jones. nationalnewswatch.com/2026/05/25/f... #cdnfoi #ontfoi #ontpoli

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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

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

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

Ford government in Ontario freezes FOI requests amid controversy. By Jessica Smith Cross www.villagereport.ca/village-pick... #cdnfoi #ontfoi #ontpoli

At Tk’emlúps, uncertainty over unmarked graves gives rise to doubt and denialism. Globe investigation relies in part on redacted access-to-info documents. theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli

Opinion by Andrew Coyne: The bloated CPP Investment Board is trounced by its own benchmarks – again. "Personnel costs now total over $1.2 billion, or an average of more than $570,000 per employee." theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... #cdnpoli #cpp

Feds working with City of Ottawa to ease public service transit woes: access-to-info memo. By @jimbronskill.bsky.social nationalnewswatch.com/2026/05/21/f... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli

Serious RCMP failures in N.S. sex-assault case before woman’s 2017 murder at Bayhead, N.S., watchdog finds. By Molly Hayes A prelude to the multiple failures by RCMP at nearby Portapique, N.S., in 2020. theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... #vaw #portapique #rcmp

"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

Toronto subway extension delayed, according to documents obtained under freedom-of-info. By Andy Takagi thestar.com/news/gta/met... #cdnfoi #ontfoi #ontpoli

Inside Prime Minister Mark Carney's hunt for office art. By Stephanie Taylor, based on records obtained under access-to-info nationalpost.com/news/politic... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli

Internal documents cast doubt on claims most Cdn veterans improve under rehab program. Records were obtained under access to info by TorStar's Frédérik Plante. thestar.com/news/investi... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli

Canada Pension Plan (CPP) adopts new benchmark, boosting past performance — and employee pay. Is this a case of if you're losing, change the goalposts? “You don’t give a benchmark to yourself. Other people give you a benchmark.” By Ana Pereira. thestar.com/business/can... #cdnpoli

Reporter Robert Fife talks about his long career. "The demise of newspapers, weak access to information laws, excessive government secrecy and the substitution of talking points for facts has made our role much more challenging." theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli #cdnmedia

Supreme Court of Cda opens new legal avenue for victims of intimate partner violence to seek damages theglobeandmail.com/politics/art... #cdnpoli #vawg

Why critics say changes to B.C.’s freedom of information law could make government less transparent. By Shannon Waters thenarwhal.ca/bc-foi-chang... #cdnfoi #bcfoi #bcpoli

Toronto subway extension in Scarborough delayed: emails obtained under freedom-of-info. By Andy Takagi thestar.com/news/gta/sca... #cdnfoi #ontfoi #ontpoli

Ontario Premier Doug Ford's regressive FOI changes will be awful for Ottawa. Op-Ed by Ken Rubin. ottawacitizen.com/opinion/foi-... #cdnfoi #ontfoi #Ontpoli

Accès à l’information: réponse plus rapide, mais moins de transparence au Yukon. Par Marie-Soleil Desautels. ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/225... #cdnfoi #YTfoi #YTpoli

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