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Celebrate Right to Know Week September 24-28

Right to Know Week will take place in Canada from September 24-28, 2012. This year marks the seventh year that Canadians have celebrated Right...

FOI Audit to be released during RTK Week in September

Newspapers Canada will release its seventh annual National Freedom of Information (FOI) Audit and related materials during Canadian Right to Know Week, taking place...

Access to Information Act turns 30

Canada’s federal Access to Information Act celebrates its 30th anniversary this month. The law received royal assent on July 7, 1982 and came into...

Deadline approaching for Grace-Pépin Access to Information Award

The nomination deadline for the Grace-Pépin Access to Information Award is Tuesday, July 3. The award honours the efforts of an individual, a group...

Newfoundland government passes Bill 29 to amend Access to Information laws

Following approximately 70 hours of filibuster debate, the government of Newfoundland and Labrador has passed a new Bill to amend the current Access to...

Proposed changes to access-to-information legislation in Newfoundland and Labrador

The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador has introduced sweeping new changes to its Freedom of Information legislation. Bill 29 will amend the province's...

Learn about FOI requests and the stories they generate

Register now for next Tuesday’s webinar on Filing FOI Requests, with expert Dean Beeby of The Canadian Press. Most investigative reporting begins with...

Over half of Canadians say it’s too hard to access government...

Six in ten Canadians believe that the federal government has made it “deliberately and unnecessarily difficult for journalists and citizens to get information,” according...

Upcoming webinar covers best practices for filing FOI requests

Most investigative reporting begins with a freedom of information request. As Newspapers Canada's annual FOI Audit reveals, the system can be fraught with delays...

2011 Freedom of Information Audit released

A total refusal to release contracts in Winnipeg, Quebec’s denial of basic accountability information about top officials’ spending, passenger manifests for Ontario’s executive aircraft,...