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Ontario’s government says it wants to modernize transparency laws.
But the proposed changes would do something unusual: they would reduce public access to information, exempting the premier’s office, cabinet ministers, and parliamentary assistants from Freedom of Information requests while stretching response timelines.
Which raises an obvious question.
Why now?
At the same time these changes are being proposed, the Ford government has floated a string of ambitious — and sometimes eyebrow-raising — ideas: opening parts of the Greenbelt to development, building a massive spa at Ontario Place, expanding alcohol sales into convenience stores, and proposing a 50-kilometre tunnel under Highway 401 that could cost tens of billions of dollars.
In this episode of Politics Is Broken, Brittlestar and Lisa try to answer the bigger question:
Is there a governing philosophy behind all this…
or is Ontario being run on instinct, headlines, and vibes?
And more importantly:
If governments want fewer transparency rules…
what exactly do they not want us to see?
