Jim Bronskill
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Canadian Press reporter: National security, intelligence, info, privacy, federal courts. jim.bronskill(at)thecanadianpress.com
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Ex-RCMP intelligence official convicted in secrets case has been granted day parole
OTTAWA - A former RCMP intelligence official convicted of breaching Canada's secrets law has been granted day parole to help him prepare for his full return to society, including possible
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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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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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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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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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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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Indigenous community members have encouraged federal officials to reflect on how the Order of Canada can overcome its “deep colonial symbolism and associations,” says an internal government presentation on efforts to modernize the Canadian honours system.
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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Luxury tax on planes, cars yielded over $900M. Now it's been scaled back. (Story based in part on an access-to-info request.) By CP's Christopher Reynolds. nationalnewswatch.com/2026/06/19/l... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli
Luxury tax on planes, cars yielded over $900M. Now it's been scaled…
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A new substack from me: Canada's bad boy of freedom of information open.substack.com/pub/deanbeeb... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli
Canada's bad boy of freedom of information
Privy Council Office, Carney's own department, singled out for sharp criticism by info commissioner
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Bid to narrow transparency law 'a move in the wrong direction,' info watchdog says
Information commissioner Caroline Maynard says a federal proposal to narrow the scope of the Access to Information Act is a move in the wrong direction that could exclude “entire swaths of government-...
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Most crime guns traced by RCMP came from within Canada, internal reports say
OTTAWA — The vast majority of crime guns traced by the RCMP to identifiable sources in 2023 and 2024 came from within Canada and were not smuggled from abroad, say internal reports prepared by the nat...
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Connected vehicle data 'can have intelligence value' to adversaries: federal document
OTTAWA — Data from an advanced electric vehicle that falls into the wrong hands could be used to track people or carry out surveillance, an internal government document warns. The Public Safety Canada...
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"As a wise boss once told me: sources whisper, documents scream. Learn to file freedom of information requests. Ask sources ... for documents to back up what they are saying." By Steve Lambert stevelambertwpg.substack.com/p/my-two-cen... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli #cdnmedia
My two cents: Advice for aspiring political reporters and their editors
Some advice to reporters who want to cover politics, from a retiring journalist
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Two legal battles over Greenbelt records ‘likely’ quashed by PCs’ FOI restrictions. By Aidan Chamandy and Charlie Pinkerton thetrillium.ca/news/politic... #cdnfoi #ontfoi #ontpoli
Two legal battles over Greenbelt records ‘likely’ quashed by PCs’ FOI restrictions
The Ford government’s retroactive FOI changes are expected to prevent the release of highly protected Greenbelt scandal-related documents, including records of the premier’s calls
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Bureaucrats told to keep Ontario freedom-of-information requests moving despite Doug Ford's new secrecy rules. By Robert Benzie thestar.com/politics/pro... #cdnfoi #ontfoi #ontpoli
Bureaucrats told to keep freedom of information requests moving despite Doug Ford’s new secrecy rules
In the wake of Doug Ford's controversial amendment to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, there has been confusion about what can be made public.
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Ontario's Ford government goes to court to fight FOI disclosure of blue licence plate documents. By Allison Jones. nationalnewswatch.com/2026/05/25/f... #cdnfoi #ontfoi #ontpoli
Ford government goes to court to fight FOI disclosure of blue licence…
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Memo warned PM of public anxiety about mental health, firearms after B.C. shootings
OTTAWA - Three days after the February mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., government officials warned Prime Minister Mark Carney that online sentiment was shifting from collective grief toward "eme...
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Feds working with City of Ottawa to ease public service transit woes: access-to-info memo. By @jimbronskill.bsky.social nationalnewswatch.com/2026/05/21/f... #cdnfoi #cdnpoli
Feds working with City of Ottawa to ease public service transit woes:…
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A Liberal government bill that would make it easier for police and spies to navigate the online world is running into fierce opposition from major digital companies, civil liberties groups and law professors who say it would open the door to serious privacy infringements.
Bill to help authorities probe online activities raises widespread privacy fears
A Liberal government bill that would make it easier for police and spies to navigate the online world is running into fierce opposition from major digital companies, civil liberties groups and law professors who say it would open the door to serious privacy infringements.
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While Solomon initially signalled an adoption-focused approach, experts say the public conversation around AI has shifted since to concerns about safety and social impact, while Canada has also strengthened relationships with pro-regulation middle powers www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/science/solo...
Solomon says delayed federal AI strategy coming soon, will address impact on jobs
OTTAWA - The federal government's promised new national AI strategy will consider the technology’s impacts on the labour market, Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon said on Monday.
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OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld the constitutionality of legislation that limits the ability of members of a spy watchdog committee to use their parliamentary privilege to speak out.
Supreme Court affirms law that curbs spy watchdog members' parliamentary privilege
OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld the constitutionality of legislation that limits the ability of members of a spy watchdog committee to use their parliamentary privilege to speak out.
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Supreme Court Canada to hear #Churchill portrait thief’s sentence appeal. [Karsh photograph stolen from Château Laurier in #Ottawa found in #Italy]. @jimbronskill.bsky.social #criminallaw #cdnpoli globalnews.ca/news/1182426...
Supreme Court of Canada to hear Churchill portrait thief’s sentence appeal | Globalnews.ca
The man who stole the "Roaring Lion" portrait of Winston Churchill from the Château Laurier in Ottawa will have a chance to appeal his sentence in the Supreme Court of Canada.
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Fear of reprisals, isolation, anxiety: Report documents mental health concerns at CSIS | CBC News
Canadian Security Intelligence Service employees who came forward as part of an external study investigating mental health at the spy agency described a sometimes isolating and bleak environment "lade...
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More drivers speeding in Ottawa school zones after speed camera ban: report
OTTAWA — A report from the City of Ottawa says more drivers are speeding past the limit in certain school zones after speed cameras were banned by the province late last year.
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Supreme Court upholds reversal of death declaration in case of man found to be alive
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has affirmed a judge’s decision to annul the declaration of a Quebec man’s death when new evidence indicated he was actually alive and well in Iran. One day in February 2008, Hooshang Imanpoorsaid told his family he was going on a business trip to Toronto. The next day, […]
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The Liberal government proposes making it easier for federal agencies to share and reuse the personal data of Canadians through a major overhaul of the Privacy Act. Our story: tinyurl.com/4hy8d2hb #cdnpoli #cdnfoi
Federal privacy law changes would expand sharing of personal data across government
OTTAWA — The Liberal government proposes making it easier for federal agencies to share and reuse the personal data of Canadians through a major overhaul of the Privacy Act. The act governs how federa...
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