Dean Beeby
@deanbeeby.bsky.social
Independent Canadian author and journalist, specialist in freedom-of-information laws, Ottawa-based. deanbeeby.ca | deanbeeby.substack.com. Co-author of forthcoming 24 Sussex: The Past & Future of Canada's Official Residence (Oct 2026)
Canada's dairy sector is lobbying hard in USMCA talks. The federal government didn’t want you to know. Matt Malone used access-to-info to get at the truth. theglobeandmail.com/business/com... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli #usmca
Opinion: The dairy sector is lobbying hard in USMCA talks. The government didn’t want you to know
While Canada’s trade negotiators need confidentiality, special interests trying to influence the outcome of negotiations do not
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A new substack from me: A modest proposal for 24 Sussex Drive. deanbeeby.substack.com/p/a-modest-p... #cdnpoli
A modest proposal for 24 Sussex Drive
Fixing the problem no one is talking about
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Some Canadians tell Carney that Ottawa's spelling protocol should lean British. Story based on records obtained under access-to-information. By @jimbronskill.bsky.social l nationalnewswatch.com/2026/08/03/s... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli
Some Canadians tell Carney Ottawa's spelling protocol should lean…
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Ottawa destroyed some of its financial records about the Gordie Howe International Bridge. theglobeandmail.com/business/com... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli
Opinion: Gordie Howe International Bridge report shows how Ottawa shirks accountability for major projects
Bridge report is yet another stain on Ottawa’s troubled track record on transparency and serves as a cautionary tale
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RCMP security for Prince Harry's visits to Canada topped all international VIPs: documents obtained under access-to-info. By CBC's Elizabeth Thompson cbc.ca/news/politic... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli #rcmp
Security for Prince Harry's visits to Canada topped all internationally protected persons | CBC News
Canadian taxpayers spent more to protect Prince Harry during his visits to Canada over a five-year period than for any other internationally protected person who visited Canada during that time. An RC...
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CBC won't disclose Eurovision costs as internal memo says Ottawa can't order it to take part. Memo obtained under access-to-info. By Anja Karadeglija nationalnewswatch.com/2026/07/28/c... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli
CBC won't disclose Eurovision costs as memo says Ottawa can't order…
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Ford flew short haul across southern Ontario as jet purchase was finalized. Schedules obtained under freedom-of-info. By Isaac Callan & Colin D'Mello globalnews.ca/news/1197340... #cdnfoi #ontfoi #ontpoli
Ford flew short haul across southern Ontario as jet purchase was finalized | Globalnews.ca
Schedules reveal that Ford took four short-haul domestic flights on the OPP plane over less than two months and chartered a jet to travel to Texas.
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Library and Archives to end proactive declassification work. By Mzwandile Poncana. ‘A disaster’ for access, says one expert. hilltimes.com/2026/07/21/a... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli
‘A disaster’ for access, expert says as cuts push Library and Archives to end proactive declassification work - The Hill Times
'It's just another tragedy in the access story,' says historian Timothy Sayle of the decision to axe the three-year-old program, and part of a 'broader pattern of underfunding access to information an...
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Agency flags 'high-risk' Cdn crypto shops helping to launder funds for organized crime & Iran-linked groups. Document obtained under access-to-info. By Emma McIntosh & Sheila Wang thestar.com/news/investi... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli
Fintrac flags ‘high-risk’ Canadian crypto shops knowingly helping to launder funds for organized crime and Iran-linked groups
An internal Fintrac memo reveals Canadian crypto-to-cash desks are knowingly facilitating money laundering, organized crime and sanctions evasion.
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Ken Whyte substack relies on briefing note obtained under Access to Information Act. open.substack.com/pub/shush/p/a-… #cdnfoi #cdnpoli
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Officials scrambled behind the scenes as Trump took aim at bridge project: emails obtained under access-to-info. By By @jimbronskill.bsky.social nationalnewswatch.com/2026/07/17/o... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli
Officials scrambled behind the scenes as Trump took aim at bridge…
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Inside the investigation that saw StubHub refund 'devastated' Taylor Swift fans. Story based on a "trove of Consumer Protection B.C. documents CBC News obtained through Freedom of Information ..." By Jason Proctor. cbc.ca/news/canada/... #cdnfoi #bcfoi #bcpoli
'Absolutely crushed': Inside the investigation that saw StubHub refund 'devastated' Taylor Swift fans | CBC News
Heartbreak, panic, anger. Those are just some of the emotions contained in customer complaint logs StubHub provided B.C.'s consumer protection agency during an investigation into alleged wrongdoing re...
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‘I am frustrated’: Emails show Blanche’s role in Trump’s retribution campaign. Trove of emails were obtained by a gov't watchdog through a request under the US Freedom of Information Act. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/14/u... #foia
‘I Am Frustrated’: Emails Show Blanche’s Role in Trump’s Retribution Campaign
The cooperation of Todd Blanche will be a flashpoint in his confirmation hearing to be attorney general on Wednesday.
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New Canadaland podcast on Canada's failing access to information regime: Noor Azrieh interviews Ken Rubin, Matt Malone and yours truly. canadaland.com/podcast/190-... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli
#190 Mark Carney's System of Secrecy
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Canadians' privacy rights won't mean much if access rights count for nothing. Another trenchant analysis by legal scholar and transparency advocate Matt Malone. cigionline.org/articles/can... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli
Canadians' Privacy Rights Won't Mean Much if Access Rights Count for Nothing
The review would route 75,000 annual requests for personal information through an access system already drowning in complaints and delays.
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New from me: Ottawa to press UK for return of looted grave goods deanbeeby.substack.com/p/ottawa-to-... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli
Ottawa to press for return of looted grave goods
Scottish museum holds spiritual artefacts from last of the Beothuks
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Ontario runs $8M tab storing U.S. alcohol, as province's plans for stockpile still uncertain. CBC obtained internal records under Ontario's freedom-of-info law, and posted them online. By Colin Butler. cbc.ca/news/canada/... #cdnfoi #ontfoi #ontpoli
Ontario runs $8M tab storing U.S. alcohol, as province's plans for stockpile still uncertain | CBC News
The Ontario government won't explain what will happens to its $79 million U.S. alcohol stockpile, even as new figures obtained by CBC News show taxpayers have spent about $8 million storing it and tha...
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Grifols allowed donors to give plasma despite disease concerns, Health Canada report shows. Document obtained under access-to-information. By Chris Hannay theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli
Grifols allowed donors to give plasma despite disease concerns, Health Canada report shows
Inspectors found multiple cases of the company allowing people to donate who should have been denied because of risks associated with a fatal brain disorder
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Trucking companies deemed unsafe permitted to employ temporary foreign workers. Analysis based in part on data obtained through freedom-of-information requests. By Sara Mojtehedzadeh & Mahima Singh theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli
Trucking companies deemed unsafe permitted to employ temporary foreign workers
A company linked to a recent fatal collision in Manitoba is among those that got the rubber stamp to hire migrants, a Globe analysis has found
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Cda's data-centre capacity could soar to 20 GW in planned projects: access-to-info document. By CP's Anja Karadeglija nationalnewswatch.com/2026/07/08/d... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli
Data centre capacity could soar to 20 GW in planned projects:…
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Missing context re: current effort to film Shackleton's ship Quest, sunk off Nfld: the crew in 1922 despised the vessel, which never reached the Antarctic mainland & did almost no exploring. Shackleton died before the venture got underway. deanbeeby.substack.com/p/shackleton...
Shackleton's last ship was a dud for polar exploration
The 1921-22 crew of Quest, located in the Labrador Sea this week, reviled the vessel
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Conservatives call on Liberals to reverse course on proposed federal access-to-information changes. By Hill Times' Marlo Glass UNLOCKED: hilltimes.com/2026/07/06/c... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli
Conservatives call on Liberals to reverse course on proposed access-to-information changes - The Hill Times
Veteran investigative journalist Dean Beeby says the Liberals’ proposed changes, including shielding emails and texts from access-to-information requests, is 'regressive' and 'should be scrapped.'
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Manitoba allocates $1M a year to U.S. trade office, freedom-of-info documents show. By Bartley Kives & Kristin Annable cbc.ca/news/canada/... #cdnfoi #mbafoi #mbapoli
Manitoba allocates $1M a year to U.S. trade office, documents show | CBC News
Manitoba sets aside $1 million a year to spend on its U.S. trade office — $200,000 more than the NDP government previously disclosed, according to documents obtained by CBC News.
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Ontario pushed ahead with strong mayor powers expansion despite 'predominantly negative' feedback. Summary of consultations ... obtained through a freedom-of-info request. By CBC's Shawn Jeffords cbc.ca/news/canada/... #cdnfoi #ontfoi #ontpoli
Ontario got 'predominantly negative' feedback on expanding strong mayor powers. It went ahead anyway | CBC News
Premier Doug Ford’s sweeping expansion of strong mayor powers to nearly half of the Ontario’s municipalities was met with “predominantly negative” feedback during consultations, with respondents calli...
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A new substack from me: Numbers to replace names on RCMP badges - new name-tag policy intended as a defence against doxxing deanbeeby.substack.com/p/numbers-to... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli #rcmp
Numbers to replace names on RCMP badges
New name-tag policy intended as a defence against doxxing
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New substack from me: Indigenous groups call for community awards in Order of Canada; only individuals are currently eligible for Canada's top civilian honour deanbeeby.substack.com/p/indigenous... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli
Indigenous groups call for community awards in Order of Canada
Only individuals are currently eligible for Canada's top civilian honour
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A new substack from me: Government's jarring reality gap when it comes to access-to-info deanbeeby.substack.com/p/a-jarring-... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli
A jarring reality gap in access to information
Treasury Board's regressive FOI policy proposals signify two solitudes
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