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Dean Beeby
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Independent Canadian author and journalist, specialist in freedom-of-information laws, Ottawa-based. deanbeeby.ca | deanbeeby.substack.com. Author of 'Murder in Renfrew County' (2024, Lorimer); 'Mass Murder, Police Mayhem' (2023, Formac).
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Listen to "Access to Information in Canada is marred by Delays, Redactions, and Rising Costs" by Story Studio Network via #spreaker www.spreaker.com/episode/acce... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli
Access to Information in Canada is marred by Delays, Redactions, and Rising Costs - NOW and NEXT
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February 13, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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New from me, on substack: Lifelong suffering of the survivor of Nova Scotia's mass murder.
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#rcmp #portapique
Surviving mass murder and more
Lisa Banfield's memoir about the 2020 Portapique killings is about lifelong suffering
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February 12, 2026 at 12:35 PM
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>600 RCMP faced gender-based violence discipline charges since 2014: CBC analysis.
"The dataset, obtained through access to information requests, details nearly 9,000 disciplinary charges involving members ..." By JulieIreton et al
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More than 600 RCMP officers faced gender-based violence disciplinary charges since 2014, CBC analysis finds | CBC News
A CBC investigation of RCMP disciplinary records reveals hundreds of cases of alleged gender-based violence by members. Through a series of access requests, CBC received more than 10 years of discipli...
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February 9, 2026 at 12:35 PM
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Substack bets on Canada as next expansion market hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus... #cdnmedia #cdnpoli
Substack Bets On Canada as Next Expansion Market (Exclusive)
“We’re moving quickly,” Farrah Storr, head of international at Substack, tells THR after hiring Mark Swierszcz as its new Canadian head of partnerships, with more country hires in the works worldwide.
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February 5, 2026 at 9:38 PM
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Ottawa to reduce warrantless powers for law enforcement in border-security bill.
"Records obtained thru access to info ... show that CSIS worked with the federal Public Safety Department on drafting sections of Bill C-2 ..." By Marie Woolf
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Ottawa set to reduce warrantless powers for law enforcement in refined border-security bill
Public Safety Minister working on tightening proposed provisions to get support for bill
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February 4, 2026 at 10:30 PM
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Opinion: We need a national Sunshine list, publicizing salaries of individual federal workers. By Matt Malone
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Opinion: We need a national Sunshine list, publicizing salaries of individual federal workers
Viewing federal salaries as personal information effectively uses privacy to shield details of taxpayer-funded spending
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February 3, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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Death of premature Alberta baby with measles was not made public for months, freedom-of-info documents show. By
Alanna Smith
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Death of premature Alberta baby with measles was not made public for months, documents show
Alberta has the highest rate of cases per capita of any province or territory, and has been under scrutiny for its response
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February 3, 2026 at 1:18 PM
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New substack from me: Clashes between Cda's info commissioner and the Liberal gov't
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Horns locked over dismal state of access to info
Privy Council Office and info commissioner increasingly at odds
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February 2, 2026 at 12:05 PM
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Waited eight months for this helpful response to my access-to-info request. #cdnfoi #cdnpoli
January 28, 2026 at 8:09 PM
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Report, obtained under access-to-info, warns federal gun buyback gives ammunition to extremists. By Matt Malone and Zak Vescera
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Report warns federal gun buyback gives ammunition to extremists
Public service journalism
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January 28, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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New from me on substack: RCMP quietly gave awards to officers in N.S. mass murders. Mounties came under fire from inquiry for multiple failures during 2020 rampage.
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RCMP quietly gave awards to officers in N.S. mass murders
Mounties came under fire from inquiry for multiple failures during 2020 rampage
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January 28, 2026 at 12:10 PM
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Openness advocates unimpressed by early proposals for Access to Information reforms. By @jimbronskill.bsky.social www.nationalobserver.com/2026/01/27/n... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli
Openness advocates unimpressed by early proposals for Access to Information reforms
Advocates of more federal transparency are concerned a federal review of the Access to Information regime will not fix long-standing problems, and that it could even make things worse.
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January 27, 2026 at 12:08 PM
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New issue of Dispatches from World Press Freedom Canada.
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Who decides what journalists can see? - World Press Freedom Canada
When police arrested photojournalist Amber Bracken while she was documenting a protest in northern British Columbia, they didn’t just detain a reporter — they set the stage for a major test of press f...
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January 26, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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List of suspected Nazi war criminals welcomed in Canada should stay secret, information watchdog rules
By Marie Woolf
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List of suspected Nazi war criminals welcomed in Canada should stay secret, information watchdog rules
Commissioner accepts argument that releasing names could damage relations with a foreign power
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January 26, 2026 at 1:14 PM
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Ship owner fined for 2024 fuel spill in Charlottetown Harbour, documents show. Access-to-info request shows 1,500 litres of fuel 'potentially released.' By CBC's Stacey Janzer
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Former passenger-vehicle ferry fined for 2024 fuel spill in Charlottetown Harbour, documents show | CBC News
It's been two years since the former ferry docked in Charlottetown Harbour while en route to India to be scrapped. During refuelling, diesel spilled into the harbour — and access to information docume...
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January 22, 2026 at 12:40 PM
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‼️ Today @americansunlight.org launches TrumpCensorship.com, a public dataset visualizing 200+ censorship actions by the Trump Admin against journalists, researchers & citizens since his 2nd term began.

From our weekly "Last Week in Censorship" monitoring → one interactive archive you can't ignore.
screen shot of trumpcensorship.com dashboard including timeline, map, and bar charts in red, white, and blue
January 21, 2026 at 5:14 PM
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Washington Post demands government return materials seized from reporter wapo.st/4jUxQEe #Media
Washington Post demands government return materials seized from reporter
The Post demanded in a court filing Wednesday that federal law enforcement officials return electronic devices the government seized from a staff reporter’s home.
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January 21, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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Cyberspy agency breached law by directing actions at Cdn. "The watchdog's full review - with several redactions - was released to The Canadian Press ... in response to an Access to Info request." By Jim Bronskill
nationalnewswatch.com/2026/01/21/c... #nationlnewswatch #cdnfoi #cdnpoli #cse
Cyberspy agency breached law by directing actions at Canadian:…
National Newswatch: Canada's most comprehensive site for political news and views.
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January 21, 2026 at 1:31 PM
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Here's (some) of what the City of Ottawa paid for an investigation into a councillor’s use of emoji and memes. Based on a freedom-of-info request. By Ben Andrews.
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MSN
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January 20, 2026 at 7:44 PM
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How do I look up court cases in my province or territory? A useful how-to compendium from the Globe and Mail.
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How do I look up court cases in my province or territory?
For our Secret Canada project, we’ve assembled a guide on what kinds of judicial documents you can access, and how the process works
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January 19, 2026 at 4:13 PM
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Nominations now being accepted until Feb. 15 for the annual Code of Silence Awards, a joint effort by the CAJ and CFE - deets and form here:
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Code of Silence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Government Secrecy | Centre for Free Expression
The Code of Silence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Government Secrecy is awarded annually to call public attention to governments, government departments and agencies that distinguish themselves...
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January 16, 2026 at 1:14 PM
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U.S. journalists confront new reality in reporting after FBI raid, including reduced use of facial recognition. Cdn journos take note. wapo.st/45bxva4 #cdnmedia
Journalists confront new reality in reporting after FBI raid
Many saw the FBI search of a Washington Post reporter’s home as a jarring new step aimed at limiting their ability to gather information.
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January 15, 2026 at 9:56 PM
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This is an egregious case of CBC burying the lead, re intimate partner violence: cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The Globe and Mail got it right:
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Court documents shed light on relationship of mother, stepfather of missing N.S. children | CBC News
Jack and Lilly Sullivan disappeared from their home in rural Nova Scotia more than eight months ago.
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January 15, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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Ontario school board invokes secrecy provision to withhold freedom-of-info records on $34K fine art collection. By CBC's
Colin Butler
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Ontario school board cites safety exemption in withholding records on a $34K art collection | CBC News
A London, Ont., school board is using one of Ontario's most powerful secrecy provisions to avoid disclosing records about a modest art collection.
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January 15, 2026 at 12:43 PM
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Amid U.S. redaction scandal, Carney government developing AI systems to black out sensitive documents. By Ben Andrews.
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Amid U.S. redaction scandal, Carney government developing AI systems to black out sensitive documents
At least three government departments are developing AI tools to help with redaction, but experts say the tech could "be a nightmare.”
ottawacitizen.com
January 14, 2026 at 10:19 PM