Tom Cardoso

RT @robyndoolittle: It's not perfect, but it's progress: The federal government is advising public servants to begin releasing historical r…

Our latest #SecretCanada blog post is a quick Q&A with Michael Harvey, the freshly minted @BCInfoPrivacy commissioner: https://t.co/1zweLmC3ka #cdnfoi

Can’t make this stuff up: @globalnews asked for ON health care worker shortage figures, was denied, appealed and lost. Meanwhile, @CanadianPress got those same numbers under FOI… FROM THE SAME OFFICE. Kind of makes you wonder about the IPC’s ruling, no? https://t.co/YjMtFDtl8J

RT @Cain: This issue is frustrating, because it's crucial, but hard to explain - you end up talking about data formats, and people's eyes g…

If you filed an access request to the Canada Border Services Agency between Sept. 2021 and Nov. 2023 and it's still open, their access unit wants to hear from you. Our latest #SecretCanada blog: Oops – CBSA has effectively lost 12,000 open access requests https://t.co/kcSDSTMhxv

“It is not the job of @IPCinfoprivacy to protect the government from embarrassing itself. Its role is to interpret privacy laws in a manner that benefits the public, not corporations and government agencies.” @picardonhealth on the “sickness” of secrecy: https://t.co/z77wo0YpIa

Here's a head-scratcher: 1. Journalists FOI info on health care worker shortage, get denied. 2. They appeal. 3. @IPCinfoprivacy agrees there's a “compelling public interest,” but says that's not enough. If the public interest isn't enough, what is? https://t.co/cqoEp3q8tP

Feeling so proud and thankful to see all the hard work @robyndoolittle and I put in (together with a supremely talented team) get recognized like this. https://t.co/3kS3pLPHKG, you’ve been quite the project. And we’re not done with you yet! #cdnfoi https://t.co/sMTrehV05g

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Congratulations @globeandmail https://t.co/9IcbWema0m

RT @robyndoolittle: Let me give you the TLDR version of how the convo went with editors when @tom_cardoso and I pitched Secret Canada: "Ok…

For 18 years, the federal government had a centralized, internal FOI database of request summaries. It was quietly killed in 2008, and its contents deleted because the data was considered "transitory." Remembering CAIRS: https://t.co/88L4s07jYJ #cdnfoi #cdnpoli #SecretCanada

Bit late to this, but beyond honoured that Secret Canada was recognized by @IRE_NICAR with the FOI Award and IRE Medal! The judges called it "one of the most ambitious public records projects ever published." 🥹 https://t.co/GmYEuKox7x #cdnfoi #SecretCanada

RT @robyndoolittle: New #SecretCanada post: Save yourself a piggyback! The @IJFMedia has launched an incredible new database — Open By Defa…