Ontario Passes Budget Bill Stripping FOI Access to Premier’s Office, Retroactively Killing Court Cases

The Ford government passed its omnibus budget bill Thursday, burying sweeping changes to Ontario’s freedom of information laws that permanently shield the Premier’s Office, cabinet ministers, and their staff from public records requests — and retroactively wipe out dozens of existing FOI cases, including a court-ordered release of Premier Doug Ford’s personal cellphone records. Progressive […] The post Ontario Passes Budget Bill Stripping FOI Access to Premier’s Office, Retroactively Killing Court Cases appeared first on the deep dive.