Canadian Press reporter: Security, intelligence, freedom of information, privacy, federal courts.
Joined June 2009
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Ontario: Supreme Court Canada will hear appeal from coalition challenging constitutionality of legislation that opens door to major changes at #OntarioPlace. Applications were dismissed in lower courts including ONCA. @JimBronskill #cdnpoli #onpoli #scc thestar.com/politics/supreme…
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Writer and photographer Stephen Thorne remembered as dogged, keen-eyed storyteller. By @JimBronskill ctvnews.ca/canada/article/wr… #cdnmedia
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PM Carney was advised to push back on Trump if provoked in April call, memo shows, @JimBronskill reports nationalnewswatch.com/2025/1… #nationlnewswatch via @natnewswatch
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Rule of law, judges ‘under attack’ in many countries, Supreme Court Canada chief justice Richard Wagner says. @JimBronskill #scc #cdnpoli #justice toronto.citynews.ca/2025/06/…
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In solidarity ✊
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Pretty quiet on the LeBreton front recently but this is an interesting look at some of the details included in the MoU between the NCC and the Ottawa Senators.
ottawa.citynews.ca/2025/05/1…
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Tucked deep in the thousand-plus pages of the multitrillion-dollar budget bill making its way through the U.S. House is a paragraph curtailing a court’s greatest tool for forcing the government to obey its rulings: the power to enforce contempt findings.
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Ottawa looking for ways to mend tears in Canada's social fabric, access-to-info document shows. By @JimBronskill nationalnewswatch.com/2025/0… #cdnfoi #cdnpoli
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Where parliament once met is a polling place for the next parliament #fullcircle :p
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It seems clear to me that when government officials use Signal, WhatsApp, private servers etc to communicate about government business, they are doing so in order to avoid transparency laws. That should be a scandal even if a reporter isn’t accidentally added to the group chat.
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Internal report, obtained under access-to-info, urged Canada to counter rhetoric about a 'crisis' at border. By @JimBronskill theglobeandmail.com/canada/a… #cdnfoi #cdnpoli
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WaPo's cartoonist says her drawing depicting tech moguls (including Bezos) groveling before Trump was spiked by the paper's leadership. She has quit the paper.
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Feds posted 2023-24 stats on access-to-info tdy. Cdns filed 10.5% fewer requests; yet cost of system rose by $20.7m, to $116.4m. Responses delivered past legal deadlines rose to 30.1%. Large rise in no-info responses, to 26.2%.
canada.ca/en/treasury-board-… #cdnfoi #cdnpoli #broken
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New from me: federal statistics released last week suggest decline of access-to-information system is accelerating:
deanbeeby.substack.com/p/the… #cdnfoi #cdnpoli #cdnmedia
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New from me - Fleet of aging RCMP aircraft "highly risky:" report open.substack.com/pub/deanbe… #rcmp #portapique
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Canadian officials eyed 'new opportunities' no matter who won U.S. election: memos. "The memos, obtained by The Canadian Press through the Access to Information Act, provide insight into the federal strategy ..." By @JimBronskill
nationalnewswatch.com/2024/1… #cdnfoi #cdnpoli
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Lisa Marcantonio hugs her daughter Chara, 8, as they remember family member Ret. Captain Albert (Ted) McTaggart who served in multiple units including a Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) Anti-Aircraft and Royal Canadian Horse Artillery
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The federal government is seeking to censor transcripts of a trial taking place in open court, citing a need to limit damage after sensitive national security information spilled out during testimony.
ckom.com/2024/11/18/feds-wan…
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Nova Scotia PCs say change to increase power of information commissioner on back burner. By CP's @mtuttoncporg
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