Dean Beeby

@DeanBeeby

Ottawa journalist, FOI specialist. News is what they don't want you to report; all the rest is advertising. DMs open. I block idiots. RTs might be endorsements.

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  1. Aug 17

    Does the tax system favour the wealthy? This group thinks so, and they should know: the auditors & tax professionals who work for the CRA. Read about this unusual survey here:

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  2. Aug 16

    Measured, balanced piece from CP's provides good context for understanding the arrival of 'irregular' refugee claimants in Cda

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  3. Aug 16

    Massive unpaid Cda Day bill yet more evidence of dysfunction within Parliamentary Protective Service

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    Aug 15

    Liberals promise to repeal restriction on charities' political activity

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  5. Aug 15

    Latest twist in this long, bizarre saga about whether charities can engage in political activity: Trudeau govt promises to ease rules, at the same time as it launches legal action to preserve those same rules.

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  6. Aug 15

    should be interesting - thanks CAJ!

    With the help of , we're hosting Information Commissioner Caroline Maynard for a Q&A on Right to Know Day, Sept. 28! RSVP here:
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    Aug 14

    "Reporters tend to forget that they do not have access to the original information and documents, and that the Government releases to them only what it chooses to release.” - political scientist Donald Rowat, 1979

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  8. Aug 9

    A tweet from someone who knows all too well about the fragility of press freedom in Cda.

    Wow this is huge: another journalism case going to the Supreme Court of Canada. It's almost as if the protections for us in Canada are insufficient.
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  9. Aug 9

    Hugely important case for Cdn press freedom: Supreme Court will hear Radio-Canada appeal on revealing anonymous sources

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  10. Aug 9

    +1

    Replying to @MarkBourrie @hollyanndoan @DeanBeeby
    Part of the problem is that advocating on free press issues is an anathema to a lot of Canadian journalists. There’s a feeling that doing so somehow compromises our objectivity - a feeling not shared by our US colleagues. After all, if we don’t stand up for these issues who will?
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  11. Aug 9

    New broom? Federal ethics commissioner promises tougher treatment of misbehaving politicians, public officials, by CBC's Kathleen Harris ()

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  12. Aug 8

    We need to establish an FOI Raspberry Award

    Replying to @DeanBeeby
    How can we ever forget them redacting every line of text re: Raspberry Marketing Board documents. I mean what were those diabolical raspberry producers really up to?
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  13. Aug 8

    This CRA document, on the EU's efforts to tax the digital economy, blacks out everything as advice and as interfering with international relations. The EU, btw, has been quite public about its digital taxation policies. ATIA is broken.

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  14. Aug 8

    Ottawa drafting rules to protect 'heritage' wrecks from looting

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    Aug 7

    The Trudeau Liberals like to claim they are committed to being more open and democratic. Here’s the two things they’d have to do to prove that.

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  16. Aug 7

    Don't put that good feeling at risk by actually opening those envelops.

    Good feeling returning to work after one (1) week away…
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  17. Aug 7

    plus ca change

    "Fiat nox was the bureaucrats’ text; let there be night. Mud in your eyes! For always and everywhere power loved the dark.” - Canadian writer Kildare Dobbs, 1971
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  18. Aug 5

    Turf war: CBSA officers want to carry sidearms at airports, despite regulations

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  19. Aug 2

    Number of FOIA lawsuits filed by U.S. news media rises sharply during Trump admin compared with previous presidents. NYT leads.

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  20. Aug 2

    Such smug arrogance. All the more reason for a properly functioning info law empowering citizens to hold their govt accountable. ( Thx for the terrific FOI research )

    ...By and large, they cannot organize themselves to take advantage of it and the media do not find it profitable...to investigate and analyze in depth issues that are not titillatingly superficial.” - former Treasury Board official Douglas G. Hartle, 1981 2/2
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