News Media Canada has been actively concerned with the state of Freedom of Information in Canada since 1997. Reporters and editors with experience in FOI had long complained of governments restricting information despite legislative guarantees of access.
In order to assess the seriousness of the problem, the Canadian Newspaper Association initiated an annual FOI audit in 2005. The purpose of the national survey is to gather objective information on the health of Canada’s access to information regimes and test how readily officials disclose information that should be publicly available on request.
- 2017 Freedom of Information Audit
- 2015 Freedom of Information Audit
- 2013-2014 Freedom of Information Audit
- 2012 Freedom of Information Audit
- 2011 Freedom of Information Audit
- 2009-2010 Freedom of Information Audit
- 2008 Freedom of Information Audit
- 2007 Freedom of Information Audit
- 2006 Freedom of Information Audit
- 2005 Freedom of Information Audit
- Other relevant materials
For questions regarding Freedom of Information, please contact Paul Deegan, President and CEO, at pdeegan@newsmediacanada.ca.