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Michael Harvey in the Quidi Vidi area of St. John's, Nfld. ALEX SPRACKLIN/THE GLOBE AND MAIL
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B.C.’s new info commissioner on his FOI priorities

Tom Cardoso
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Oops – CBSA has effectively lost 12,000 open access requests

Tom Cardoso
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Alberta judge slams province on access: “This Court will not abet this conduct”

Robyn Doolittle
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Remembering CAIRS, the federal FOI database that was quietly shut down in 2008

Tom Cardoso
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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
News
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)
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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
Ken Rubin stands in front of Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Photo courtesy of Debbie Rubin.
Q&A
‘It’s out of hand’: A conversation with Ken Rubin, self-described information warrior
Tom CardosoJune 7, 2023
Nunavut's territorial flag flies on a flag pole in Ottawa, June 30, 2020. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press
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Graham Steele: Simple changes can fix Nunavut’s neglected access system
Robyn DoolittleJune 7, 2023
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