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2007 Articles

• Oct 22, 2007: Conservatives tightening tap on flow of information, figures show (Globe & Mail)
• Oct 18, 2007: China Communists meet in secrecy and promise democracy (Reuters)
• Oct 16, 2007: Council accused of operating culture of secrecy (The Herald - Scotland)
• Oct 15, 2007: Why BC's 'open government' laws need fixing (The Tyee)
• Oct 15, 2007: Ontario needs transparent and open government (CNW)
• Oct 12, 2007: End secrecy in torture probe, claimants say (Globe & Mail)
• Oct 11, 2007: The RTI movement will lead India to Swaraj (Rediff.com)
• Oct 10, 2007: Groups want greater public access to hearings against Muslim Canadians (the Star)
• Oct 09, 2007: Open up secret inquiry: Amnesty International (Globe & Mail)
• Oct 09, 2007: Human rights groups urge Harper to lift secrecy veil at torture inquiry (CP)
• Oct 08, 2007: Chen violates secrecy law (The China Post)
• Oct 06, 2007: A delicate balance of freedom in society (theAge.com Australia)
• Oct 06, 2007: Secrecy eroding public's right to know (Sydney Morning Herald - Australia)
• Oct 05, 2007: Even politicians turn to act to get information (Chronicle Herald)
• Oct 02, 2007: Company Decries Secrecy Surrounding Atlantic Lottery Corporation (CNW)
• Oct 02, 2007: Public business (dailypress.com - US)
• Oct 01, 2007: Freedom of Information office opens (Cayman Net News)
• Oct 01, 2007: Secrecy, open government don't mix (tallahassee.com - US)




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• Sep 28, 2007: Media group (CAJ) slams secrecy (TheStar.com)
• Sep 28, 2007: Peru & Nigeria on International Right to Know Day (Sunshine Week Blog)
• Sep 28, 2007: Aus. fed. agencies block access by misusing confidentiality clauses (The Australian)
• Sep 27, 2007: Democracy now (The Coast)
• Sep 27, 2007: Secrecy angers Concordia faculty (The Gazette)
• Sep 26, 2007: Putting a Facebook on democracy (CanWest News)
• Sep 25, 2007: Restoring the ballot-box to its former glory - Democracy 250 (Chronicle Herald)
• Sep 25, 2007: PC secrecy all-pervasive (Edmonton Journal)
• Sep 23, 2007: N.S. democracy is turning 250, but does anyone care (Daily News)
• Sep 23, 2007: Great Wall of Secrecy (Toronto Star)
• Sep 23, 2007: Sunshine Law Is Applicable To Judiciary, Too (The Day - US)
• Sep 22, 2007: Culture of secrecy thrives in Western liberal democracies (Canoe)
• Sep 22, 2007: Canadian Newspaper Association releases 2007 Freedom of Information Audit
• Sep 19, 2007: No good side to secrecy (The Salmon Arm Observer - BC)
• Sep 18, 2007: Premier Bligh to reform state's secretive FoI laws (The Mercury - Tasmania)
• Sep 15, 2007: MLA slams Ferries’ ‘veil of secrecy’ (Nanaimo News Bulletin)
• Sep 14, 2007: Brazil Senate's Secret Session Called Unconstitutional (Brazzil Magazine)
• Sep 13, 2007: Public must stand up for rights - Darce Fardy (Chronicle Herald)
• Sep 12, 2007: Games bid details will be released after all (Chronicle Herald)
• Sep 11, 2007: National Capital Commission plans to be more open (Ottawa Citizen)
• Sep 8, 2007: Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) rejects open media policy (McGill Daily)
• Sep 8, 2007: Editorial: CFS, let student media behind closed doors (McGill Daily)
• Sep 6, 2007: Bureaucratic butt-covering over secrecy is endemic and epidemic - Kimber (Daily News)

• Sep 5, 2007: Games decision shocks ex-FOI chief (Chronicle Herald)





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• Aug 22, 2007: Mandate for more openness (Waterloo Chronicle)

• Aug 17, 2007: Toronto mounts summit protest (cnews.canoe.ca)

• Aug 17, 2007: Release police report: Region (The St. Catharine's Standard)

• Aug 16, 2007: Duceppe slams “secretive” three amigos meeting (CanWest News)

• Aug 16, 2007: Police board's efforts at secrecy are a slap in face to Niagara citizens (The St. Catharine's Standard)

• Aug 16, 2007: Accountability is lost on Niagara's police (The St. Catharine's Standard)

• Aug 16, 2007: Police board defends secrecy (The St. Catharine's Standard)

• Aug 15, 2007: The Power of Secrecy (Embassy)

• Aug 9, 2007: Beneath the black marker (Daily News)

• Aug 8, 2007: FOIA performance from 1998 to 2006 (Coalition of Journalists for Open Government - US)

• Aug 9, 2007: Court lifts lid on secret Arar details (Globe and Mail)

• Aug 7, 2007: Secret files could help solve puzzle for Arar (Globe and Mail)

• Aug 6, 2007: U.S. Congress Passes Freedom of Information Act Reform Bill (freedominfo.org)

• Aug 1, 2007: Councillor wants to know what happened to the Games money (Chronicle Herald)





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• Jul 19, 2007: Brumby vows more open government (Australia)




• Jul 19, 2007: Opposition say Nova Scotians have right to know where money goes (Daily News)




• Jul 19, 2007: Development group’s records sought (Chronicle Herald)




• Jul 18, 2007: Case could set right-to-know precedent (Daily News)




• Jul 17, 2007: Ontario won't appeal autism spending ruling forcing disclosure of costs




• Jul 13, 2007: $500,000 press theatre really about control




• Jul 10, 2007: Advocacy Group to Intervene in South West Shore Development Authority Case





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• Jun 21, 2007: Municipal meetings best if open, Supreme Court says




• Jun 7, 2007: Amendments to the Access to Public Information Act Passed in the Bulgarian National Assembly




• Jun 7, 2007: (UK) proposed FOI Amendment: no Ministerial override, shorten response times




• Jun 5, 2007: Service Nova Scotia bills Liberals $12,000 for gas-regulation info (Daily News)





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• May 31, 2007: Secret anti-Open Gov Act US senator finally umasked




• May 31, 2007: The Ipperwash Inquiry: Commissioner's Statement, Public Release of Report




• May 30, 2007: Annual Report of Information Commissioner 2006-2007




• May 30, 2007: Information czar flunks Mounties, Privy Council




• May 30, 2007: What is Ontario hiding? Annual report urges end to province's habit of withholding information




• May 30, 2007: Ontario bungling access requests, report says




• May 29, 2007: Information office lays off Tory critic




• May 25, 2007: Freedom of Information Act 'affecting good government'




• May 23, 2007: China: Regulation Differences between Open Government Information and Freedom of Information




• May 10, 2007: The Hon. John Reid - Are We Becoming a Secret Society?




• May 8, 2007: Unity in Belfast and the circle of Canadians behind it




• May 8, 2007: NS Liberal leader McNeil and the Right to Know Coalition




• May 3, 2007: Shelburne Council moves for full disclosure on Youth Centre sale, citing irregularities and secrecy





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• Apr 26, 2007: The Campaign for Open Government: BC Government Continues Down 6-Year Path of Secrecy




• Apr 24, 2007: Darce Writes to the Ex-Premiers on Voter Engagement




• Apr 24, 2007: China issues landmark decree to encourage gov't transparency




• Apr 23, 2007: Attempt to curb FOI blocked by Parliamentary trick (UK)




• Apr 23, 2007: Chilean Court to Decide First Constitutional Access to Information Case (OSJI)




• Apr 12, 2007: Darce Writes to the Premier on Voter Engagement




• Apr 10, 2007: RTKNS Presents at the NS Legislature Law Amendments Committee on Fees





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• Mar 29, 2007: N.S. relaxes fees for info access (Herald)




• Mar 29, 2007: Fees Eliminated for Reviews under the FOIPOP Act (NS FOIPOP Office Press Release Mar 29, 2007)




• Mar 16, 2007: The problem with secrecy (Darce Fardy - Herald)




• Mar 14, 2007: [Ontario] Ministries should live up to Premier’s position on FOI, says Commissioner Ann Cavoukian




• Mar 9, 2007: Details of Halifax's Commonwealth Games bid to stay secret




• Mar 9, 2007: NB Right to Information Act under review




• Mar 9, 2007: Special Report: A state of secrecy (from the Whig Standard)




• Mar 6, 2007: Air India Judge continues push for document disclosure




• Mar 2, 2007: Alberta: Open and transparent government cornerstone of the Spring legislation




• Mar 1, 2007: Alberta Ministerial office expenses to be posted online





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• Feb 27, 2007: P.E.I. restaurant reports go online




• Feb 27, 2007: McCluskey wants Games debate open to public




• Feb 19, 2007 : Air India Inquiry In Jeopardy Due to Government Secrecy




• Feb 8, 2007: RTKNS in the Coast





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• Jan 25, 2007: New south-end school on hold




• Jan 2007: Parent slams format for Halifax school meeting




• Jan 23, 2007: IPI Calls for Greater Transparency in Guyanese Government




• Jan 16, 2007: IPI Worried by UK Government’s Proposals to Amend FOI Law




• Jan 15, 2007: Prime Minister welcomes new Information Commissioner




• Jan 12, 2007: New FOI officer appointed to post (Herald)




• Jan 11, 2007: New Nova Scotia FOIPOP Review Officer Appointed

2006 Articles

• Dec 21, 2006: Guyana Today: Freedom of info workshop challenges culture of secrecy

• Dec 5, 2006: Privacy commissioner Lukedelis makes his case for more after the cutback years

• Nov 27, 2006: St. Kitts/Nevis participates in freedom of information workshop

• Nov 27, 2006: Dominica to host workshop on FOI implementation in the Caribbean

• Nov 17, 2006: Nova Scotians paying for freedom

• Nov 11, 2006: Grits make third attempt to get access fees lowered

• Nov 10, 2006: N.S. justice minister to review country's highest freedom of information fees

• Nov 5, 2006: Fardy to attend parliamentary association workshop on FOI

• Oct 12, 2006: International Tribunal Makes Landmark Ruling on Access to Information

• Oct 2006: Ex-FOI officer wants to reduce or scrap fees

• Sep 28, 2006: Shhhhh! It's 'Right to Know Week'

• Sep 21, 2006: Darce Fardy Interviewed by the Coast on Stones Concert Public Cost Secrecy

Articles Prior to 2006

• Feb 14, 2003: Freedom-of-information talks held in private