Thanks to Tom Cardoso for reviving fond memories of teaming up with Alasdair Roberts to try to make CAIRS and Canada's #ATIP system more open. 'Remembering CAIRS, the federal FOI database that was quietly shut down in 2008' secretcanada.com/news/cairs-foi… #cdnpoli #cdnfoi

Well this was a very nice surprise this morning. Thanks for the nomination Canadian Association of Journalists ... love to see all of this #cdnfoi reporting showcased!

George is in charge of charging $10 every time a citizen exercises the right to access data and other information about the government. #cdnfoi #FOIAFriday #bcpoli

For 18 years, the federal government had a centralized, internal FOI database of request summaries. It was quietly killed in 2008, and its contents deleted because the data was considered 'transitory.'
Remembering CAIRS: secretcanada.com/news/cairs-foi… #cdnfoi #cdnpoli #SecretCanada

Judge orders Alberta to produce massive trove of coal documents after four-year fight edmontonjournal.com/news/politics/… By Bob Weber #cdnfoi

Surrey Police Service Transparency? You’re charging double the cost of the RCMP to apply for public records. #cdnfoi #bcpoli #whalleypoli

#Budget2024 includes a section on cutting “junk fees.”
Of course, it doesn’t include getting rid of public records access fees. Freedom of Information and Privacy Association Canadian Association of Journalists #cdnfoi #cdnpoli

Ontario may not meet LTC direct care target due to staff shortages: freedom-of-info document. By Allison Jones theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… #cdnfoi #cdnpoli #ontpoli #ontfoi

A tale of two recent FOIPP requests, 1 sent to NS, the other to #PEI :
NS - We'll respond in 30 days. Reach out if you have questions. Kind regards (I feel that warmth)
PEI (IRAC) - 'We are unable to confirm or deny the existence of the records you have requested' #peipoli #cdnfoi

Congrats Tom Cardoso Robyn Doolittle and the The Globe and Mail #SecretCanada team! The IRE and NICAR award is well-deserved. #cdnfoi #journalismmatters #datajournalism

Yes, it was fun, Alasdair Roberts You started something important that still resonates to this day in projects like Secret Canada The Globe and Mail. We must all keep pressing for openness. #atip #cdnfoi #cdnpoli #cdnmedia #journalismmatters

Ambitious. Groundbreaking. Impactful. Essential. This project deserves ALL the adjectives because Canadians deserve all the #FOI transparency. Congrats to the whole The Globe and Mail team! #cdnfoi #SecretCanada

Ottawa museum caught between coroner’s office, Information Commissioner on release of documents. By Kate Taylor
theglobeandmail.com/arts/art-and-a… #cdnfoi #cdnpoli

Ottawa is funding affordable rental projects that aren’t actually affordable. 'The Globe obtained the average affordable rents for ... projects, which were awarded loans between 2017 and 2023, through an Access to Information Act request.' theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… #cdnfoi #cdnpoli

#cdnfoi is good actually.

How many Stanley Park trees were cut down in January?
Here’s the answer. 👇
#vanpoli #vanparks #StumpyPark #cdnfoi
thebreaker.news/business/stanl…

PM Justin Trudeau Cabinet is hiding some documents from the Hogue Inquiry into Foreign Interference in Canadian politics, and the Inquiry should demand to see them. Details at: bit.ly/3JjLQpm #cdnpoli #cdnfoi #onpoli

Bit late to this, but beyond honoured that Secret Canada was recognized by IRE and NICAR with the FOI Award and IRE Medal!
The judges called it 'one of the most ambitious public records projects ever published.' 🥹
ire.org/announcing-the… #cdnfoi #SecretCanada

That recommendation and five bucks will get you a cup of coffee at Timmy’s, but that’s about it.

That’s because ⁦OIPC NS⁩ Commissioner Tricia Ralph has no enforcement power. #foipop #cdnfoi #nspc #nspoli #BradJohns halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file/c…

Fed'l gov't used AI in 100s of initiatives, database shows. 'Joanna Redden, an associate professor at Western University, pieced together the database using news reports, documents tabled in Parliament and access-to-information requests.'
thestar.com/politics/feder… #cdnfoi #cdnpoli