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Under the Act, government employees are allowed to delete transitory records—but the definition of what constitutes such a record can seem ambiguous.

“Interviewing and meeting some of the writers and reporters I spent growing up reading was a privilege. I had to be critical but fair; opinionated but balanced.”

Much ink was spilled about the Harper administration’s plan to retroactively deny access to long gun registry records and its muzzling of federal scientists.

The Globe and Mail endorsed Suzanne Legault’s FOI reforms report—but its editorial board also been equivocal in its support for one of its main principles.

One of the most frequent judgment calls journalists make is how much time to give someone to respond to a request for comment or information.

What started out as a B.C. government attempt to defend its communication staff has ended up revealing the weakness of the province’s freedom-of-information law.

A response to criticism of efforts to protect freelance journalists.

CBC management has decided to target the very people who are the front line of news in this most recent layoff.

There’s a lesson here when it comes to knowing readers, and how it’s served these days by journalism-based products, legacy and otherwise.

What does polling tell us about how concerned Canadian are about transparency issues? And should the public have a right to know why senior public officials get fired?