cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/61737959

The utter audacity of this.

The exemptions would be retroactive, meaning all existing, outstanding requests for information from these offices would be scrapped, including Mr. Ford’s phone logs.

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    The exemptions would be retroactive

    Makes me think that they must have got wind of a FOI request that requests some info that they really don’t want to get out

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      The proposed changes follow the government’s loss of a court battle, initially launched by Global News, over the call logs for Premier Doug Ford’s personal cellphone, which he uses for government business.

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          A lot of calls to a certain resort in Florida?

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        Anyone that thinks their phone calls are private really needs to look into the reality of the situation