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Your source for freedom of information news in Canada
Q&A
B.C.’s new info commissioner on his FOI priorities
Tom Cardoso
News
Oops – CBSA has effectively lost 12,000 open access requests
Tom Cardoso
News
Alberta judge slams province on access: “This Court will not abet this conduct”
Robyn Doolittle
News
Remembering CAIRS, the federal FOI database that was quietly shut down in 2008
Tom Cardoso
More news
News
Secret Canada wins prestigious FOI award
Tom Cardoso
April 9, 2024
News
A disclosure order for name of cyclist involved in accident – and other notable March appeals
Robyn Doolittle
April 4, 2024
News
Secret Canada nominated for a National Newspaper Award
Robyn Doolittle
March 20, 2024
Case study
Responses to FOIs for legal fees show divergent approaches to access obligations
Robyn Doolittle
March 15, 2024
News
IJF launches FOI database that will save you a federal piggyback
Robyn Doolittle
March 5, 2024
News
A Newfoundland town’s attempt to block FOI law with a bylaw – and other recent notable appeals
Robyn Doolittle
February 28, 2024
News
Federal ‘piggyback’ requests skyrocket in 2022-23
Tom Cardoso
February 21, 2024
Q&A
‘A broader zone of protection’: The CBC’s lawyer on Supreme Court cabinet secrecy ruling
Tom Cardoso
February 14, 2024
News
Four charts that break down the latest federal access to information statistics
Tom Cardoso
February 7, 2024
Behind the scenes
What to know about ‘vexatious’ FOI requester provisions
Tom Cardoso
February 1, 2024
News
December appeal rulings deal with internal complaints, what's "reasonably" related
Robyn Doolittle
January 23, 2024
News
Two-year wait for pandemic small business loan records comes back entirely withheld
Chris Hannay
December 19, 2023
Case study
Appeals decisions over the years show that government contracts are not private
Robyn Doolittle
December 14, 2023
News
In possible precedent-setting ruling, federal judge orders EDC to release records
Chris Hannay
December 7, 2023
Behind the scenes
Why responsive records aren't included in the Secret Canada database
Robyn Doolittle
December 4, 2023
News
Noteworthy November appeals decisions show two takes on the public-interest override
Robyn Doolittle
November 30, 2023
News
A sticker for your thoughts?
November 14, 2023
Case study
Three FOI appeal decisions that will spook you this Halloween
Robyn Doolittle
October 31, 2023
News
Alberta chooses secrecy ... again
Robyn Doolittle
October 17, 2023
Tips and techniques
How to use FOI to research a private company's ownership structure
Tom Cardoso
September 25, 2023
Behind the scenes
How Ken Rubin turns FOI requests into news stories
Ken Rubin
August 14, 2023
Case study
Three rare examples where FOI appeals commissions handed out consequences
Robyn Doolittle
July 26, 2023
Case study
How an FOI request revealed the state of phone number fraud in Canada
Alexandra Posadzki
July 20, 2023
News
More hospitals added to Secret Canada’s search database
Robyn Doolittle
July 19, 2023
Behind the scenes
Inside a years-long FOI fight for 911 wait-time data
Molly Hayes
July 18, 2023
Case study
The ‘Blonde Dragon’ transit driver and other stories uncovered through FOI
Robyn Doolittle
July 12, 2023
Q&A
Kathleen Wynne: Some secrecy must remain for government to function
Robyn Doolittle
July 6, 2023
News
Win a Secret Canada tote bag
July 4, 2023
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
Q&A
‘It’s out of hand’: A conversation with Ken Rubin, self-described information warrior
Tom Cardoso
June 7, 2023
Q&A
Graham Steele: Simple changes can fix Nunavut’s neglected access system
Robyn Doolittle
June 7, 2023
Behind the scenes
Fee-for-all: There’s no limit to what public bodies can charge to access information
Tom Cardoso
June 7, 2023