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Feds posted 2023-24 stats on access-to-info tdy. Cdns filed 10.5% fewer requests; yet cost of system rose by $20.7m, to $116.4m. Responses delivered past legal deadlines rose to 30.1%. Large rise in no-info responses, to 26.2%. canada.ca/en/treasury-bo… #cdnfoi #cdnpoli #broken

New from me: federal statistics released last week suggest decline of access-to-information system is accelerating: deanbeeby.substack.com/p/the-shrinkin… #cdnfoi #cdnpoli #cdnmedia

WaPo's cartoonist says her drawing depicting tech moguls (including Bezos) groveling before Trump was spiked by the paper's leadership. She has quit the paper. anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-quitt…

Internal report, obtained under access-to-info, urged Canada to counter rhetoric about a 'crisis' at border. By Jim Bronskill theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… #cdnfoi #cdnpoli

Mark Carney, misinformation fighter, age 11 (Edmonton Journal, Aug. 30, 1976)

It seems clear to me that when government officials use Signal, WhatsApp, private servers etc to communicate about government business, they are doing so in order to avoid transparency laws. That should be a scandal even if a reporter isn’t accidentally added to the group chat.

Federal security officials say they have found an online information operation linked to the Chinese government that focused on Liberal Leader Mark Carney. Our story: tinyurl.com/5bnznfmf #elxn45 #cdnpoli

A newly released memo shows officials recommended almost a year ago that leaders of opposition parties receive regular classified briefings — not only on foreign interference but also extremism and overseas conflicts. Our story: tinyurl.com/4hxm9wd4 #cdnpoli #elxn45 #cdnfoi

CP’s Bill Graveland tells us about Liberal candidate Priti Obhrai-Martin, whose father was a long-time Conservative MP: tinyurl.com/39chcjsk #cdnpoli #elxn45

The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed a challenge of a government ban on firearms that Ottawa considers fit only for the battlefield, not hunting or sport shooting. Our story: tinyurl.com/587sbpmj #cdnpoli #elxn45

Liberal Leader Mark Carney is promising a review of Canada's Access to Information system if his party wins the federal election, suggesting he sees room for improvement in how the law works. Our story: tinyurl.com/pc547asm #cdnfoi #elxn45

“It’s was 3-0” #LeafsForever BAHAHAHA it begins

Where parliament once met is a polling place for the next parliament #fullcircle :p

Ottawa looking for ways to mend tears in Canada's social fabric, access-to-info document shows. By Jim Bronskill nationalnewswatch.com/2025/05/07/ott… #cdnfoi #cdnpoli

Public transit, cycling and walking will be the "primary and preferred modes" of getting fans to and from the Ottawa Senators' planned downtown arena, says a newly disclosed agreement on the project. Our story: tinyurl.com/2p8yfvdv #cdnpoli #sens #cdnfoi

Tucked deep in the thousand-plus pages of the multitrillion-dollar budget bill making its way through the U.S. House is a paragraph curtailing a court’s greatest tool for forcing the government to obey its rulings: the power to enforce contempt findings. apnews.com/article/trump-…

Pretty quiet on the LeBreton front recently but this is an interesting look at some of the details included in the MoU between the NCC and the Ottawa Senators. ottawa.citynews.ca/2025/05/19/eco…

In solidarity ✊ The Canadian Press The Globe and Mail Toronto Star La Presse FTQ #cdnpoli #canlab #onpoli #canmedia #polqc #bcpoli #abpoli #skpoli #mbpoli #nbpoli #nspoli #peipoli #nlpoli #yukonpoli #nwtpoli #nunavutpoli

Journalism matters

Rule of law, judges ‘under attack’ in many countries, Supreme Court Canada chief justice Richard Wagner says. Jim Bronskill #scc #cdnpoli #justice toronto.citynews.ca/2025/06/10/rul…