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A group of Southern Alberta ranchers, including Laura Laing, right, and John Smith, filed a freedom of information request for records connected to the United Conservative government’s decision to rescind the province’s 1976 Coal Policy without consultation. Todd Korol/The Globe and Mail
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Alberta judge slams province on access: ‘This Court will not abet this conduct’

Robyn Doolittle
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Appeals decisions over the years show that government contracts are not private

Robyn Doolittle
Tips and techniques

How to use FOI to research a private company's ownership structure

Tom Cardoso
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A sign for the city of Lethbridge in southern Alberta is shown in this file image. Bill Graveland/The Canadian Press
Case study
Last chance at the Cat Ranch
Tom CardosoJune 30, 2023
The first FOI bill was introduced in the House of Commons in 1965.
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How Canada’s first FOI bill was introduced, and covered, in 1965
Robyn DoolittleJune 28, 2023
The RCMP logo is seen outside Royal Canadian Mounted Police "E" Division Headquarters, in Surrey, B.C., on April 13, 2018. Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press
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How the RCMP’s response to a Democracy Watch FOI highlights the law’s lack of accountability
Robyn DoolittleJune 22, 2023
30 new Canadian citizens and their flags during a citizenship ceremony at the ISS of BC Welcome Centre in Vancouver, March 29, 2017. Rafal Gerszak/The Globe and Mail
Tips and techniques
How to request your immigration case file
Tom CardosoJune 16, 2023
The Canada flag flies on top of the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, March 6, 2023. Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
Tips and techniques
That’s so meta: FOI-ing your FOI
Tom CardosoJune 15, 2023
Beverley McLachlin served as chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada from 2000 to 2017. (Fred Lum/The Globe and Mail)
Q&A
Beverley McLachlin: ‘A democracy just can’t work without the people having information’
Robyn DoolittleJune 7, 2023
Police tape covers off a block in a south Vancouver neighborhood early on April 7, 2009. John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
Behind the scenes
Transparency in government isn’t a nice-to-have – it’s law
Robyn DoolittleJune 7, 2023
David Walmsley is the Editor-in-Chief of The Globe and Mail. Glenn Lowson/The Globe and Mail
Editor's letter
Secret Canada aims to force governments to be more transparent
David WalmsleyJune 7, 2023
Peace Tower over West Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Feb. 22, 2019. Photograph by Blair Gable/The Globe and Mail
Behind the scenes
Why an FOI rejection ‘radicalized’ this Globe reporter
Tom CardosoJune 7, 2023
A heavily-redacted list of freedom-of-information requests from Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Highways. Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail
Case study
Unreadable files, wrongful redactions, outright refusal: The maddening responses to our FOI requests
Tom CardosoJune 7, 2023
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