The Globe & Mail just published a major project looking at how broken Canada's freedom-of-information laws are and Alberta is not even included in this analysis because every provincial ministry refused to provide records:

https://www.secretcanada.com/

#cdnpoli #ableg #abpoli #alberta #foi #atip #journalism

@EtherNRhum This chart is my paraphrase of one question/data in hundreds of pages of raw polling data we obtained through #ATIP. There was an option to answer "Both are priorities" but only between 6%-14% in each region chose bother. Key takeaway IMO is QC vs ROC.

From the #PCO polling program. Data from Aug 14/22, obtained via #ATIP. Which should be a higher priority for Ottawa - climate change or inflation? #cdnpoli

[not the right answer to our failing #ATIP system] Feds opt to focus on making access-to-info law work better amid calls for reforms https://www.thestar.com/politics/2022/12/22/feds-opt-to-focus-on-making-access-to-info-law-work-better-amid-calls-for-reforms.html

Delay, delay, delay: MPs seek fix to Canada’s broken Access-to-Information system https://globalnews.ca/news/9340073/delay-delay-delay-mps-seek-fix-to-canadas-broken-access-to-information-system/ #ATI #ATIP #FOI #ATIFail #cdnpoli

We'll have more on this story Sunday. For now -- this graphic gives you a bit of the tease of what's coming. #ATIFail #ATIP #cdnpoli #FOI

Canadian govt cites translation, #accessibility costs as reason for keeping documents from public -- however experts cry foul: "The idea that making completed access requests public would require translation surprised Stéphanie Chouinard, a Queen’s U prof who specializes in language rights. “If I were to translate it literally, I would say the Official Languages Act has a broad back – which means, essentially, that you’re using something as a convenient excuse.” https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-atip-documents-translation-cost/ #ATIP