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Noteworthy November appeals decisions show two takes on the public-interest override
Robyn Doolittle
News
Nova Scotia gets a gold star for FOI response
Robyn Doolittle
News
A sticker for your thoughts?
Case study
Three FOI appeal decisions that will spook you this Halloween
Robyn Doolittle
More news
Case study
Last chance at the Cat Ranch
Tom Cardoso
June 30, 2023
News
How Canada’s first FOI bill was introduced, and covered, in 1965
Robyn Doolittle
June 28, 2023
News
How the RCMP’s response to a Democracy Watch FOI highlights the law’s lack of accountability
Robyn Doolittle
June 22, 2023
Tips and techniques
How to request your immigration case file
Tom Cardoso
June 16, 2023
Tips and techniques
That’s so meta: FOI-ing your FOI
Tom Cardoso
June 15, 2023
Q&A
Beverley McLachlin: ‘A democracy just can’t work without the people having information’
Robyn Doolittle
June 7, 2023
Behind the scenes
Transparency in government isn’t a nice-to-have – it’s law
Robyn Doolittle
June 7, 2023
Editor's letter
Secret Canada aims to force governments to be more transparent
David Walmsley
June 7, 2023
Behind the scenes
Why an FOI rejection ‘radicalized’ this Globe reporter
Tom Cardoso
June 7, 2023
Case study
Unreadable files, wrongful redactions, outright refusal: The maddening responses to our FOI requests
Tom Cardoso
June 7, 2023
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