Canadian FOI Resource Website

 

 

Fallen Behind: Canada’s Access to

Information Act in the World Context

 

Report by Stanley Tromp, September 2008

PDF, 392 pages. 2.35 MB

 

Executive summary, 4 pages:  English  /  Francais

 

Audio summary read by the author

 

Forward by Toby Mendel, with audio file

 

Reviews of the report

 

 

WORLD FOI CHART

 

 

Excel spreadsheet file, 3.5 MB

By Stanley Tromp, September 2008

 

User’s Guide to the Chart

 

Index of world FOI rulings, for legal guidance

 

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Links to other FOI Resources

 

Governmental Secrecy in Canada: A Postscript – PDF / MS Word

 

Tromp testimony to Commons committee on ATIA reform, 2009  /  Report

 

Speeches on ATIA reform, and Environmental FOI, Right to Know Week 2009, Ottawa

 

Best British Columbia FOI news stories – 2008  and  2009

 

Links to U.S. President Barack Obama’s orders on FOIJanuary 21, 2009

 

Resolution of B.C. FOI – “Crown Copyright” issue

 

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Several FOI news stories by Stanley Tromp

 

Rulings on B.C. FOI requests filed by the author

 

My articles on B.C. FOI problems

 

FOI tips for Canadian student journalists

 

A note on the author

 

Email to: stanleytromp@gmail.com

 

 

This Report and Chart were made possible by the generous support of the B.C. Freedom of

Information and Privacy Association (FIPA, Vancouver), the Canadian Newspaper Association

(CNA), the Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ), the Canadian Community Newspaper

Association (CCNA), David F. Sutherland Law Corporation (Vancouver), and Gerald Fahey,

Barrister and Solicitor (Vancouver). The views expressed in these publications and on this website

are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the sponsors.