US EditionDoug Ford Says Privacy Commissioner Opposing Record Restrictions ‘Politically Driven’
Ford says FOI law changes protect officials’ cellphone records and reduce workload amid 75,000 annual requests, while the privacy commissioner calls the move a threat to public accountability.
- Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the provincial information and privacy commissioner, who opposes his government's changes to freedom-of-information laws restricting access to politicians' records, is "politically driven".
- The changes announced by Ford's government will exempt records of the premier, cabinet ministers, parliamentary assistants and their offices from public disclosure.
- The information and privacy commissioner, Patricia Kosseim, has sided with Global News in seeking access to Ford's cellphone records used for government business, arguing they should be public.
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Ford calls privacy commissioner's criticism of proposed FOI changes 'politically driven'
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday he believes the information and privacy commissioner, who is speaking out about changes he is making to freedom-of-information laws, is "politically driven."
Doug Ford accuses privacy commissioner of politicizing his changes to access to information law
Premier Doug Ford is lashing out at Ontario's privacy commissioner, accusing her of politicizing his decision to retroactively exempt himself and his cabinet ministers from access to information laws.
Doug Ford says privacy commissioner opposing record restrictions ‘politically driven’
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday he believes the information and privacy commissioner, who is speaking out about changes he is making to freedom-of-information laws, is 'politically driven.'
The Toronto Star
Ford says privacy commissioner opposing record restrictions ‘politically driven’
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he believes the information and privacy commissioner, who is speaking out about changes he is making to freedom-of-information laws, is "politically driven."
Winnipeg Free Press
Ford says privacy commissioner opposing record restrictions 'politically driven'
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