Ontario Premier Wants to Shield Himself from FOI Requests

Ontario Premier, Doug Ford, apparently doesn't want to be subject to FOI because transparency is apparently bad.

https://www.freezenet.ca/ontario-premier-wants-to-shield-himself-from-foi-requests/

#Miscellaneous #News #Canada #DougFord #FOI #FreedomOfInformation #journalism #Ontario

Ontario Premier Wants to Shield Himself from FOI Requests - Freezenet.ca

Ontario Premier, Doug Ford, apparently doesn't want to be subject to FOI because transparency is apparently bad.

Freezenet.ca
Doug Ford acknowledges transparency clamp-down is to protect his personal phone
The province is in the process of overhauling how freedom of information works in Ontario to retroactively exempt all calls and texts from the premier and others.
#Canada #Politics #DougFordphone #Fordgovernment
https://globalnews.ca/news/11734575/doug-ford-foi-personal-cellphone/

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Ford defends FOI law change that would keep premier's records secret
Doug Ford defends changes to Ontario’s freedom-of-information laws that would keep records of the premier and his cabinet secret. He says it's about protecting confidential information, but as CBC's Lorenda Reddekopp explains protections already exist.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7131149?cmp=rss
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YouTube

Doug Ford Minister Stephen Crawford will introduce law to keep Doug Ford's records secret. When Crawford is speaking, Ford's lips hardly move.

#Ontario #DougFord #DougFordMustGo #FOI

Ontario wants to change its FOI rules to keep some records secret. Here's what you need to know
Ontario wants to exempt the premier, cabinet ministers and parliamentary assistants from being subject to the province’s freedom-of-information (FOI) rules, a move that’s sparked outrage from experts, opposition parties, and the province’s privacy commissioner.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-ford-changing-foi-rules-9.7127884?cmp=rss
Did Trump cuts slow access to public records? We found 26 cases that say yes.

Lawyers’ pleas for extensions reveal post-DOGE staffing woes at federal agencies’ Freedom of Information Act offices.

The Washington Post

A good read about attacks (I can't think of a better word for it) on #foi in #canada

In particular, I've been following the #ndp 's attempt in #britishcolumbia to do the same

#freedomofinformation #cdnpoli #abpoli #bcpoli #onpoli #government

https://www.nationalobserver.com/2026/03/13/opinion/doug-ford-foi-laws

A non-partisan, equal-opportunity scandal

Freedom-of-information laws are imperfect, but they're also fundamental to investigative reporting — and in Ontario's case, they've revealed some of the biggest political scandals in the province's history.

Canada's National Observer
Ontario wants to change its FOI rules to keep some records secret. Here's what you need to know
Ontario wants to exempt the premier, cabinet ministers and parliamentary assistants from being subject to the province’s freedom-of-information (FOI) rules, a move that’s sparked outrage from experts, opposition parties, and the province’s privacy commissioner.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-ford-changing-foi-rules-9.7127884?cmp=rss