Catherine Tully took the province to task for its failure to update the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy (FOIPOP) Act. Continue reading →

In response to the report, the province’s health department has revealed a new policy regarding the use of personal email for government business. Continue reading →

The Municipality of the County of Kings was harshly reprimanded for its failure to respond to 12 access-to-information requests within the legally required time period. Continue reading →

Nova Scotia’s freedom of information law is becoming “an exercise in frustration,” the privacy commissioner said after the government partially rejected her recommendations on a report on a man’s jailhouse death. Continue reading →

Tully said that during her investigation she was blocked by a deputy minister from the premier’s office as she attempted to interview Glavine’s former executive assistant. Continue reading →

Privacy commissioner Catherine Tully found that the Nova Scotia government did not even attempt to search for government records in response to the Global News request.   Continue reading →

Experts say that McNeil’s failure to institute meaningful reforms in government transparency five years after taking office indicates a larger failure to take government transparency seriously.  Continue reading →

Nova Scotia’s privacy commissioner, Catherine Tully, says the provincial government declined multiple offers to meet with representatives of her office to discuss the report. Continue reading →

Health and Wellness Minister Randy Delorey accepting, in whole or in part, all 10 recommendations from Nova Scotia’s privacy commissioner. Continue reading →

The Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy website remains offline, displaying a “system unavailable” message to anyone who tries to access it. Continue reading →