Access To Information
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Privacy watchdog concerned as Alberta government passes bill to end fall legislature sittingThe bill is one of about a dozen pieces of new legislation awaiting royal assent after the fall legislature sitting wrapped up on Wednesday.PoliticsDec 5, 2024
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Foreign buyer ban was expected to impact 2% of home purchases, CMHC docs showRecords from Canada's housing agency show bureaucrats expected a muted impact from the foreign buyer ban and prepped to receive 'tough questions' about it from the public.PoliticsNov 9, 2023
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Seven years after youth centre attacks, security fears of the time partially releasedAfter an access-to-information battle, the Nova Scotia government has released some details of the security fears staff identified after violence at a youth detention facility.CanadaOct 2, 2023
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Info watchdog says improving transparency ‘not a priority’ for Trudeau governmentFor a $5 fee, Canadians can use the access law to request federal records, from briefing notes and reports to emails and invoices.PoliticsJun 13, 2023
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ANALYSIS: Fund to fight gun crime a political opportunity for federal LiberalsGuns and gun control are a political sweet spot for the Liberals, who get to talk up those issues every time an MP hands out money from a $250-million fund to fight gun crime.PoliticsJan 19, 2023
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Quebec wants feds to focus on environment, for Alberta it’s the economy: PCO pollingGlobal News has obtained a 1,000 pages of polling data commissioned by the Privy Council Office, data which reveals regional differences when it comes identifying top priorities.PoliticsJan 2, 2023
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Delay, delay, delay: MPs seek fix to Canada’s broken Access-to-Information systemGovernment departments must respond to ATI requests in 30 days. But last week, the Privy Council Office responded to a Global News request 907 days after the request was filed.PoliticsDec 11, 2022
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Commissioner calls on Nova Scotia government to overhaul outdated access lawsNova Scotia's information and privacy commissioner says access and privacy laws in need of a complete overhaul. The legislation hasn't been updated in almost 30 years.CanadaOct 28, 2022
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The Liberals know how to improve Canadians’ access to government information. Will they?Canada’s information watchdog warned citizens’ right to government documents may soon be 'beyond repair' unless Liberals make good on a 2015 pledge to fix the system.CanadaDec 31, 2021
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ANALYSIS: 3 pages, 520 days of delay, and Canada’s busted access-to-information systemJustin Trudeau came into office in 2015 promising to fix the federal government's access-to-information system. Six years later, it's arguably worse.PoliticsDec 1, 2021
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