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Ken Rubin

Winnipeg Sun

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Carney’s money-pit 24 Sussex project

Carney’s money-pit 24 Sussex project

There are many stories that can be told about 24 Sussex's existence as the past home or facility provider to Canada’s prime ministers. To keep...

23.07.2026 20

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Dangerous and deliberate government-imposed ‘solutions’ reduce public access to info and privacy

OTTAWA—The federal government is showing in four ways just how good it is at inflicting politically endorsed bureaucratic solutions to further the...

13.07.2026 10

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The residence rethink: will 24 Sussex be a people’s place, or not?

OTTAWA—Prime Minster Mark Carney is trying a balancing-act approach to redevelop the vacated prime minister's residence at 24 Sussex Drive for...

09.07.2026 10

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External bot worries are just one way the feds are creatively avoiding public disclosure

01.07.2026 20

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Bill C-36 has a business bent, and makes unlikely privacy promises

Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon recently introduced Bill C-36, the third such recent attempt at a private-sector privacy protection bill...

25.06.2026 20

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Carney pulls the secrecy shades down further

22.06.2026 10

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The race to the bottom for freedom of information in Canada

17.06.2026 40

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Committee studying controversial Bill C-22 deserves scrutiny

A parliamentary committee’s review of the controversial lawful access bill is now itself dealing with its own contentious issue that will not go...

11.06.2026 10

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How a secretive Health Canada becomes captive to private interests

OTTAWA—For far too long, Health Canada has operated largely in secret, been captive to special interests it supposedly regulates, and has been too...

03.06.2026 30

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Public health and safety are just not a priority on the federal transparency front

27.05.2026 30

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Mismanaging our past while repeating mistakes does not make for a transparent Canada

OTTAWA—There is a modern-day story of poor governance and lousy transparency in the fact that Library and Archives Canada just got $20-million, and...

20.05.2026 30

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Privacy invasions being helped along by lackadaisical legislatures

OTTAWA—Three intense and massive privacy invasion events—one currently happening, one still felt, and one unfolding—are scarring Canada’s...

14.05.2026 20

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Will Carney’s majority government usher in a costly era of privacy invasion?

OTTAWA—The Carney government prefers to focus on domestic major economic projects and overseas economic diversification rather than being overly...

06.05.2026 10

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Treasury Board wants to ‘modernize’ Privacy Act by legalizing more personal data reuses, sharing

The recent Treasury Board discussion paper proposes to redo the 1982 Privacy Act by legally giving its more than 250 agencies powers for personal data...

29.04.2026 40

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Canadians deserve access to safer vaping products, flavours and all: letter writer

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29.04.2026 30

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Here’s how the Ford government is sending its public’s right-to-information laws to the bottom of Canada’s FOI pit

14.04.2026 20

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Feds want the public to agree to more regressive access-to-information rules in ongoing review

25.03.2026 20

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Exposing the feds’ growing use of AI tools that help keep the rigid access-to-information status quo

OTTAWA—With accelerated use of artificial intelligence, pilot projects are being used in the access-to-information process—mostly to reinforce the...

16.03.2026 50

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Exposing the feds’ growing use of AI tools that help keep the rigid access-to-information status quo

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11.03.2026 40

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Senator’s anti-non-disclosure agreement bill faces roadblocks

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02.03.2026 30

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Documents reveal more about powerful forces behind push for warrantless lawful access

13.02.2026 20

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Federal environmental impact assessments are in even more jeopardy   

13.01.2026 30

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Off to a bad start: Treasury Board already wants to make access to information worse

08.01.2026 20

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Government agencies are hardly trying when it comes to transparency

10.12.2025 30

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Demystifying the detection of fraud and coerced victims

02.12.2025 20

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The critical-minerals battle is being fought on land—and over the sea

12.11.2025 30

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The critical-minerals battle is being fought on land—and over the sea

12.11.2025 30

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Will political expediency yield greater transparency?

25.09.2025 30

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On trend: hiding records detailing government discussions and operations from the public  

18.08.2025 20

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Where to begin: restarting a failed access-to-information system 

22.07.2025 40

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Carney’s moment to step up on reforming the Access to Information Act

18.06.2025 30

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Carney is already short-changing transparency

28.05.2025 40

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Memo to PM Carney: redo, don’t recycle, Canada’s secretive Access to Information  Act 

08.05.2025 40

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