Anonymous20 days ago
The Ontario government announced plans to exempt Premier Doug Ford, cabinet ministers, and parliamentary assistants from freedom-of-information requests — a sweeping change that would retroactively shield records including those at the center of ongoing Greenbelt and cellphone scandals. Ontario's Information and Privacy Commissioner called the proposal "shocking" and warned it would "eviscerate public accountability," while opposition leaders and press freedom advocates condemned the move as a deliberate attempt to bury evidence of government wrongdoing.