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Ken Rubin

Winnipeg Sun

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Privacy invasions being helped along by lackadaisical legislatures

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...

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

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 20

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

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29.04.2026 20

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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 9

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

25.03.2026 10

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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...

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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 20

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

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02.03.2026 20

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

13.02.2026 10

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Federal environmental impact assessments are in even more jeopardy   

13.01.2026 10

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

08.01.2026 10

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Government agencies are hardly trying when it comes to transparency

10.12.2025 20

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Demystifying the detection of fraud and coerced victims

02.12.2025 10

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

12.11.2025 20

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

12.11.2025 20

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Will political expediency yield greater transparency?

25.09.2025 10

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

18.08.2025 10

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

22.07.2025 20

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

18.06.2025 20

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Carney is already short-changing transparency

28.05.2025 30

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

08.05.2025 30

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