Lawyers and organizations working on environmental issues and migrants’ rights are concerned about changes to the access to information Act proposed by Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government. One of the amendments that concerns them most is the restriction on access to certain documents deemed “ephemeral,” which could include emails. “To categorically start excluding records from […]

Ontario is set to make Premier Doug Ford and cabinet members’ records secret as it “modernizes” freedom-of-information laws, a change the province’s privacy watchdog warns will eviscerate public accountability. Public and Business Service Delivery and Procurement Minister Stephen Crawford, however, said his government is still “one of the most transparent governments in the history of […]