Access To Information
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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
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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
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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
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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Commissioner calls on Nova Scotia government to overhaul outdated access lawsNova Scotia's information and privacy commissioner says access and privacy laws in need of a complete overhaul.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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Why Canada took 18 months to get an orphan out of a Syrian detention campNewly released documents show the government spent months mulling over what to do about a Canadian orphan at an ISIS camp before sending officials to get her.CanadaSep 28, 2021
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Canada faces ‘unsophisticated’ attacks using everyday weapons, government threat report saysThe report warns of small-scale attacks using 'readily available objects (knives, hammers, vehicles, etc.), in a hasty or indiscriminate way, with little planning done beforehand.'CanadaSep 10, 2021
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NDP seeks probe into 2017 ‘illegal’ access-to-information interference by Trudeau cabinet ministerRecords obtained by Global News show political staff for former Immigration Minister John McCallum sought to unmask the identity of an access-to-information requester.PoliticsMay 22, 2021
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