Freedom Of Information
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Ontario applies new transparency law to Premier Doug Ford’s cellphone, denies accessThe government announced this spring it would tighten Ontario's transparency laws to offer near-blanket exemptions for the premier, ministers and all of their political staff.CanadaJun 30
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Ford government reverses plan to fight FOI disclosure of blue licence plate documentsGovernment lawyers have applied for a judicial review of decisions ordering the province to release documents in response to a freedom-of-information request by The Canadian Press.CanadaMay 25
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Ontario court dismisses appeal to block release of Doug Ford’s phone recordsThe Ontario Court of Appeal has dismissed a motion from the Ford government, meaning that, at least for now, the premier must hand his phone records over to civil servants.PoliticsMay 25
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Ontario government lifts freeze on freedom of information requestsSenior civil servants who process access to information requests across the provincial government were told to pause their work while new guidance rules were written.PoliticsMay 22
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Flu briefings given to Ontario health minister hidden in transparency clampdownSweeping changes to Ontario's freedom of information laws were brought in as part of the Ford government's budget this year and are now being enacted.CanadaMay 19
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Ontario’s more restrictive transparency law nixes request for health minister recordsMore than 70 per cent of Ontario hospitals are forecasting deficits, and Health Minister Sylvia Jones has told them to come up with three-year plans to balance their budgets.CanadaMay 14
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Premier’s office files saved in Google Docs excluded from Ontario transparency requestsGlobal News was engaged in an appeal to get access to some nine documents created by staff in Ontario Premier Doug Ford's office and stored in Google's cloud service.CanadaMay 13
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Group preparing legal challenge to Ford government freedom of information clampdownDemocracy Watch announced Thursday it is working to file a challenge to a transparency clampdown included in the Ford government's 2026 budget.PoliticsApr 30
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Ford government moves to make freedom-of-information clampdown lawThe changes were tucked into Ontario's 2026 budget, which was tabled at the end of March, passed two rounds of debate and then lay dormant for weeks.PoliticsApr 23
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Ontario redacts almost every word top civil servant wrote about return-to-office mandateThe government is currently rushing its changes to freedom of information laws past public hearings, shielding who the premier speaks to from public view.CanadaApr 22
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