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What is Doug Ford trying to hide? More than ever before

The Ford government in Ontario plans to change freedom-of-information laws to block public access to documents from the offices of the premier, ministers, and their staff.
This change would reverse over 35 years of legal access and apply retroactively, affecting ongoing information requests, including those related to scandals such as the Greenbelt scandal and Skills Development Fund.
Ontario's Information and Privacy Commissioner, Patricia Kosseim, urged the government to withdraw these proposed changes to maintain public accountability.
Kosseim stated that shielding government records from scrutiny damages public trust and undermines the purpose of freedom-of-information laws by removing accountability for information held in ministers' offices or staff devices.

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What is Doug Ford trying to hide? More than ever before

Tonight on Village Media's 'Closer Look' podcast: Out of nowhere, the province announced today it plans to overhaul our freedom-of-information system — in ways that will free up a lot less information

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