CBSA plans to use facial recognition app to track deportations: access-to-info documents. By Anja Karadeglija globalnews.ca/news/10701812/… #cdnfo #cdnpoli #cbsa

On FOIs, cities outperform larger governments across Canada – but not all are equally prompt, a Globe audit finds. By Tom Cardoso & Robyn Doolittle theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… #cdnfoi

When Ottawa uses the Official Languages Act to deny access to information. Op-ed by Matt Malone and Ashley Desautels. linkedin.com/pulse/when-ott… #cdnfoi #cdnpoli

For more on this issue, see my recent substack: deanbeeby.substack.com/p/language-cza… #cdnfoi #cdnpoli

RCMP protection of MPs placing ‘significant strain’ on resources, access-to-info memo warns. By Jim Bronskill globalnews.ca/news/10706465/… #cdnfoi #cdnpoli #rcmp

My latest article...Controversial new Canadian Army logo approved at highest levels, documents show ottawacitizen.com/news/national/… via @ottawacitizen

Trudeau downplayed potential for East Coast LNG despite Global Affairs touting benefits: ministerial briefing note, obtained under access-to-info. By Jesse Snyder thelogic.co/news/exclusive… #cdnfoi #cdnpoli

Inside the 'suitably opaque' response to a toxic spill at Chalk River, Ont. "... emails are among more than 100 pages of internal communications released by AECL under access-to-information law." By Brett Forester cbc.ca/news/indigenou… #cdnfoi #cdnpoli #aecl

Pierre Poilievre has a housing plan ready for Ottawa's bureaucrats. But documents obtained under access-to-information reveal some don't believe it's 'grounded in reality' By Stephanie Levitz thestar.com/politics/feder… #cdnfoi #cdnpoli

New from me: RCMP loses handgun - twice. Missing Smith & Wesson raises questions about control over firearms. deanbeeby.substack.com/p/rcmp-loses-h… #cdnfoi #cdnpoli #rcmp

150 days to tell me I can't see this cabinet confidence. #cdnfoi #cdnpoli

'You will note that certain information has been withheld from disclosure,' i.e., everything. #cdnfoi #cdnpoli

GAC’s ability to perform essential duties, sustain foreign presence threatened by financial crunch: access-to-info memo. By Neil Moss hilltimes.com/story/2024/08/… #cdnfoi #cdnpoli

The government of Scotland routinely publishes the full documents it releases in responding to freedom-of-information requests. Canada's federal gov't does not. #cdnfoi #cdnpoli gov.scot/publications/?…

New from me: The disaster at Canada's disaster bunker: Government Operations Centre overworked, under-resourced. #cdnfoi #cdnpoli #publicsafety open.substack.com/pub/deanbeeby/…

Canada's government keeping tabs on search for geologic hydrogen: access-to-info memo kathari.news/2024/09/03/can… #cdnfoi #cdnpoli

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New from me - Poverty on the rise: memo for Trudeau open.substack.com/pub/deanbeeby/… #cdnfoi #cdnpoli

Ottawa warned release of names of Nazi war criminals who settled in Canada could help Russia. By Marie Woolf. "The Globe and Mail is one of three organizations to have filed access-to-information requests ..." theglobeandmail.com/politics/artic… #cdnfoi #cdnpoli

Canada’s information commissioner chastises National Defence for ‘unacceptable’ response to records request. Frédérik-Xavier D. Plante theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… #cdnfoi #cdnpoli