Ontario Government Lifts Freeze on Freedom of Information Requests

Ford government freezes FOI requests amid controversy

Ministries’ FOI coordinators were instructed not to issue decisions, contact program areas

Bureaucrats told to keep freedom of information requests moving despite Doug Ford’s new secrecy rules

In the wake of Doug Ford's controversial amendment to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, there has been confusion about what can be made public.

Ontario's freedom of information freeze lifted: privacy commissioner

The commissioner asked the government about The Trillium’s reporting on the freeze and was told it was put in place while officials put together guidance on new restrictions

Freedom of information freeze lifted: privacy commissioner

The commissioner asked the government about The Trillium’s reporting on the freeze and was told it was put in place while officials put together guidance on new restrictions

Ontario government lifts freeze on freedom of information requests

Senior civil servants who process access to information requests across the provincial government were told to pause their work while new guidance rules were written.