Ford accuses FOI watchdog of ‘politicizing’ transparency clamp-down | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] Ontario Premier Doug Ford is accusing the province’s transparency watchdog of “politicizing” his government’s crackdown on freedom of information laws, claiming he has “nothing to hide” but that he doesn’t want to risk publishing personal records. The government is facing major pushback, including from the Information and Privacy Commissioner, over its plan to give […]
Watchdog says transparency crackdown will make Ontario more secret and less secure | Globalnews.ca
[ad_1] Ontario’s transparency watchdog is pouring cold water on some of the Ford government’s central justifications for clamping down on freedom of information, saying the changes will actually make the province more secretive and less secure. The province recently announced it would rewrite its access to information laws to retroactively exclude all records belonging to […]