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Canada’s biggest newspapers set their sights on Freedom of Information
It now looks like last week’s cover article in The Globe and Mail was just an opening salvo.
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“Access Delayed, Access Denied”
Freedom of Information (FOI) was the subject of a cover story in the Globe and Mail this morning. Under the cover heading “Access Delayed, Access Denied”, a reference to the famous legal maxim “Justice Delayed is Justice Denied”, Globe journalists and FOI veterans Tom Cardoso and Robyn Doolittle report on the delays currently plaguing Canada’s…
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The Absurd Result Principle
It was a privilege to speak last week to all of the attendees of the Freedom of Information Police Network (FOIPN) Fall Conference at the Belleville Police Service Headquarters in Belleville, Ontario. I was asked to deliver a presentation on the Absurd Result Principle, a legal principle with a long history in the Canadian and…
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When is Purchase Agreement Information Exempt as Third Party Information?
Today’s article should be of interest to anyone who applies the mandatory third party exemption in section 17(1) of FIPPA (or its equivalent in section 10(1) of MFIPPA) to purchase agreements, service agreements, and supporting documents such as the records of discussions surrounding decisions to purchase products and/or services. The Divisional Court of Ontario recently…
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Public Employees’ Right of Privacy
Just in time for some “light summer reading”, on June 21, 2022, the Ontario Court of Appeal issued an interesting decision that may have implications for how institutions conduct searches in response to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests.
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Farewell to AMCTO 2022 Niagara Falls
The 2022 AMCTO Municipal Conference in Niagara Falls, Ontario is over. I’m pleased to share that the conference was a huge success for FOI Assist! I met with many municipal representatives, and I was surprised (and pleased!) to learn that most had never heard of the FOI Assist software. There were many requests for “full…
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