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)
A new substack from me: RCMP warns of risks at restored 24 Sussex. deanbeeby.substack.com/p/rcmp-warns... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli #rcmp
RCMP warns of risks at restored 24 Sussex
Cutting costs for security at residence will have consequences: commissioner
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Don't ignore access to information request, University of Saskatchewan told. theijf.org/article/dont... #cdnfoi #saskfoi #saskpoli
Don't ignore access to information request, University of Saskatchewan told
The university said the information request was frivolous. The privacy commissioner refused their argument.
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New from me, for the IJF: RCMP still can't sell used patrol cars, though it's costing them millions theijf.org/article/rcmp... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli #rcmp
RCMP still can't sell used patrol cars, though it's costing them millions
Moratorium on used vehicle sales has been in place since mass shooting incident in Nova Scotia
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Cda prepared to send ships to Iraq in 2003 if UN approved action, access-to-info cabinet records show. By Darren Major. (Note: Cabinet records are accessible after 20 years.) cbc.ca/news/politic... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli
Canada was prepared to send ships to Iraq in 2003 if UN approved action, records show | CBC News
Canada, a notable objector to the 2003 Iraq war, was preparing to back the U.S.-led invasion by sending naval ships into combat if the UN Security Council gave the go-ahead, according to cabinet recor...
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The indefatigable Matt Malone has a new book on FOI and secrecy. ottawacitizen.com/public-servi... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli
New book shows how Canada's government is too secret
Matt Malone says proposed reforms could make Canada's access-to-information regime even worse.
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Freedom of information? Here’s what Ontario’s government doesn’t want you to know. By the IJB's Anna Mehler Paperny ijb.utoronto.ca/news/freedom... #cdnfoi #ontfoi #ontpoli
Freedom of information? Here’s what Ontario’s government doesn’t want you to know - Investigative Journalism Bureau
We filed an FOI for refused FOIs. Here’s what we found.
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Readers of my substack knew about this RCMP policy change two months ago & could even download the access-to-info document. Subscribe! deanbeeby.substack.com/p/numbers-to... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli #rcmp theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Numbers to replace names on RCMP badges
New name-tag policy intended as a defence against doxxing
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Court orders Ottawa to release details about resettlement of Nazi war criminals in Canada. The Rodal Report has been withheld despite many access-to-info requests. theglobeandmail.com/politics/art... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli
Court orders Ottawa to release details about resettlement of Nazi war criminals in Canada
B’nai Brith challenged redactions in 40-year-old report concerning U.S. efforts to help Nazi collaborators gain entrance
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Five American FOI users offer their tips for generating ideas, phrasing requests, launching appeals. Although geared to U.S., principles apply to Canadian context as well. rcfp.org/how-to-file-fo… #cdnfoi
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Documents obtained thru access-to-info reveal Ambassador Bridge owner's private meeting with Ottawa ahead of Gordie Howe opening. By CBC's Colin Butler. cbc.ca/news/canada/... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli
The Ambassador Bridge's monopoly was ending. What its owner wanted from Ottawa is largely a secret | CBC News
Ambassador Bridge owner Matthew Moroun sought a meeting with senior Canadian officials as the bridge's nearly century-old monopoly on commercial traffic between Windsor and Detroit faced a new competi...
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Lawyers concerned by proposed changes to federal access-to-information law. By CP's Emilie Bergeron. ctvnews.ca/politics/art... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli
Lawyers concerned by proposed changes to access to information system
Ottawa proposes to define which documents would be deemed “official,” and therefore covered by the law. This approach is too restrictive, according to Koltun, who is a member of the Canadian Immigrati...
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Ottawa commissions project to track 'news deserts' in Canada. Story based on access-to-info memo. By CP's Anja Karadeglija. nationalnewswatch.com/2026/08/08/o... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli
Ottawa commissions project to track 'news deserts' in Canada
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Border agency chartered luxury private jets to deport foreign nationals: access-to-info documents. By Marie Woolf theglobeandmail.com/politics/art... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli #cbsa
Border agency chartered luxury private jets to deport foreign nationals
Canada Border Services Agency spent almost $1-million on private planes to fly foreign nationals home, and to detention centres within Canada
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Internal DFO memo warns Trump-backed bill threatens right whale survival. By CP's Sarah Smellie. "The memo was sent to senior officials in ... May and released to The Canadian Press through an access to information request." nationalnewswatch.com/2026/08/06/i... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli
Internal DFO memo warns Trump-backed bill threatens right whale…
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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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