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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Joined September 2013

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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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  4. Retweeted
    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
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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.

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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
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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

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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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  15. Retweeted
    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.

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  17. Aug 7
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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 )

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