David McKie, davidmckiec@gmail.com
Phone: (C) 613-290-7380
David McKie and Jim Bronskill are co-authors of
Your Right To Know: How to Use the Law to
Get Government Secrets
Links
Video link — part one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2RxzRZOI-I&feature=youtu.be
Video link — part two
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1Au8PkoKbA&feature=youtu.be
Stories
Smugglers’ drones buzzed this Kingston prison dozens of times in 2019, Star finds
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2021/02/02/smugglers-drones-buzzed-this-kingston-prison-dozens-of-times-in-2019-star-finds.html
PMO e-mails reveal frustration with Public Health Agency as pandemic worsened
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-pmo-e-mails-reveal-frustration-with-public-health-agency-as-pandemic/
Report details yelling, screaming and aggressive conduct at Rideau Hall under Payette
https://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/national-news/report-details-yelling-screaming-and-aggressive-conduct-at-rideau-hall-under-payette-3300516
‘This is a very unhealthy relationship’: As Ottawa mulled regulations for tech giants, Facebook tried to recruit public servants
https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2020/10/28/this-is-a-very-unhealthy-relationship-as-ottawa-mulled-regulations-for-tech-giants-facebook-tried-to-recruit-public-servants.html
Top public servant offers to explain redactions to WE Charity documents
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/we-charity-ian-shugart-1.5779769
Health Minister Patty Hajdu’s dismissal of more access to government records disappoints information commissioner
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-health-minister-patty-hajdus-dismissal-of-more-access-to-government/
MPs vote to open investigation into federal COVID-19 response
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/health-committee-investigation-vote-1.5776733?fbclid=IwAR3NF9xN8gjgogAFuX0RmR6MHpdgQ0ISRv5eGdZMBGRbgPgh6GFkcl3nv0w
The 1979 plan to free information in Ottawa
https://www.cbc.ca/archives/the-1979-plan-to-free-information-in-ottawa-1.5771322
Canadian officials warned staff bound for Cuba to stay silent on ‘Havana syndrome’
https://globalnews.ca/news/7365888/havana-syndrome-canadian-diplomats-cuba/
How coronavirus is impacting local breweries
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/video/coronavirus-impacting-local-breweries-210513264.html
Info commish ‘very disappointed’ by minister’s comments on access to information
https://ipolitics.ca/2020/10/23/info-commish-very-disappointed-by-ministers-comments-on-access-to-information/
Feds face new opposition push for deep dive into COVID-19 response
https://www.iheartradio.ca/610cktb/news/feds-face-new-opposition-push-for-deep-dive-into-covid-19-response-1.13770418
Briefing note from 2017 on “maxmizing take-up rates for Canada Child Benefit among on-reserve First Nations and Northern Indigenous families”_A-2016-01511-JL.pdf
Many Indigenous families not applying for Canada Child Benefit: documents
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-child-benefit-indigenous-1.4211545
Partial 2018 release: follow-up to problems Indigenous families still having accessing the Canada Child Benefit
Release in the government’s online inventory of completed access-to-information request summaries
https://open.canada.ca/en/search/ati?search_api_fulltext=A-2018-102552&sort_by=year&sort_order=DESC
Access to information
Access to Information Act
https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/A-1/
Proactive disclosures
https://open.canada.ca/en/proactive-disclosure
Federal mandate letters
https://pm.gc.ca/en/mandate-letters
Information about programs and holdings
https://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/hgw-cgf/oversight-surveillance/atip-aiprp/ai/sfgei-srgfff-eng.asp#A
Access to Information: general info
https://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/hgw-cgf/oversight-surveillance/atip-aiprp/ai/index-eng.asp
Access to Information and Privacy Coordinators
http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/atip-aiprp/apps/coords/index-eng.asp
Make an online request
https://atip-aiprp.tbs-sct.gc.ca/
Access to Information request forms
http://www.tbs-sct.gc.ca/tbsf-fsct/350-57_e.asp
Completed Access to Information requests
https://open.canada.ca/en/search/ati
CBC https://cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/impact-and-accountability/access-to-information/list-of-ati-requests-processed-by-cbc-radio-canada
Provincial and Municipal Freedom of information
Ontario municipalities list
https://www.amo.on.ca/AMO-Content/Municipal-101/Ontario-Municipalities.aspx
City Halls – GTA municipalities & municipalities outside of the GTA
https://www.toronto.ca/311/knowledgebase/kb/docs/articles/311-toronto/information-and-business-development/city-halls-gta-municipalities-and-municipalities-outside-of-the-gta.html
Brampton
https://www.brampton.ca/EN/City-Hall/Access-Privacy/Pages/Home.aspx
Burlington
https://www.burlington.ca/en/services-for-you/freedom-of-information-requests.asp
Markham
https://www.markham.ca/wps/portal/home/onlineservices/freedomofinformation
Mississauga
https://www.mississauga.ca/our-organization/submit-a-freedom-of-information-request/
Ontario
https://www.ontario.ca/page/how-make-freedom-information-request
https://www.ipc.on.ca/access/responding-to-access-requests/
Oakville
https://www.oakville.ca/townhall/freedom-of-information.html
Oshawa
https://www.oshawa.ca/city-hall/foi-activities.asp
Hamilton
http://www.hamilton.ca/CityDepartments/CorporateServices/Clerks/MFIPPA_adn_PHIPA.htm
Richmond Hill
https://www.richmondhill.ca/en/our-services/Freedom-of-Information.aspx
Toronto Freedom of Information Requests Summary
https://open.toronto.ca/dataset/freedom-of-information-requests-summary/
City of Toronto FOI summaries _2011-2020.zip
Vaughan
https://www.vaughan.ca/services/residential/access_and_privacy/Pages/default.aspx
Resources
Access-to-Information tip sheet