GNWT considers constructing new archives building cabinradio.ca/155269/news/po… The NWT government, worried about its compliance with laws that dictate how documents are preserved, may solve the problem by opening a new building.

The Access to Information Act needs urgent repair. Will Pierre Poilievre be the politician to fix it? theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl… Opposition parties often lose their appetite for openness once they grab the levers of government. Power is allergic to transparency

Who should preserve treaties between First Nations and the Crown? cbc.ca/player/play/22… With an increased focus on truth and reconciliation, some say Indigenous communities should have a larger role in preserving their own history.

Sask. privacy commissioner says he should have power to make government release info cbc.ca/news/canada/sa… Saskatchewan’s privacy czar says his office should be given the power to force government agencies to release information in an update to the province’s transparency laws

Ottawa has declined to overhaul its access to information system, for the second time theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… Justin Trudeau, in the Liberal Party’s 2015 election platform, vowed to make sweeping changes to access to information, but those changes were never adopted

Federal chief information officer Catherine Luelo resigns policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/nove… Luelo came from the private sector to drag the federal public service into the modern age. She leaves government much as she found it.

Library and GLAM Sector Submissions to 2024 Pre-Budget Consultations librarianship.ca/news/glam-budg… Library sector organizations call for federal support for access to e-content, infrastructure, accessible reading material, funding for Library and Archives Canada, OER, and Canadian publishers.

N.W.T.'s access-to-information system slow and frustrating, users say cbc.ca/news/canada/no… Understaffing and a lack of transparency are interfering with a system designed to hold public bodies accountable and keep the public informed. #CdnGovInfo

Once unstoppable, government digital service reform hits a wall in Canada thelogic.co/news/the-big-r… Seven-year experiment has lessons for how to transform a massive corporate culture

Ontario’s freedom of information system is ‘broken,’ critics say globalnews.ca/news/10492803/… Marit Stiles says the province’s access to information system is broken after 2 ministries made contradictory decisions over the release of healthcare staffing information to 2 media outlets

Christine Ivory Nominated as New Parliamentary Librarian librarianship.ca/news/christine… Christine Ivory has served in increasingly senior roles within the Library of Parliament for over 15 years. She is currently the Assistant Deputy Minister, Collections Sector, at Library and Archives Canada.

New edition of Electronic records as documentary evidence published librarianship.ca/news/cgsb-72-3… CGSB-72.34-2024 is Canada’s national standard for managing electronic records within systems to ensure their future admissibility in legal proceedings as documentary evidence.

Ontario privacy commissioner reports jump in snooping cases cbc.ca/news/canada/to… Ontario's public institutions saw more than 10,000 privacy breaches last year, according to the province's privacy watchdog, who is warning of a significant rise of "snooping" in personal records

When Ottawa uses the Official Languages Act to deny access to information linkedin.com/pulse/when-ott… Citing bilingualism as an excuse to obscure transparency is a disservice to both causes.

‘Contentious’: how Ontario handles politically sensitive requests for government info thetrillium.ca/news/politics/… The practice is allowed, even though it 'can delay the timely release' of potentially sensitive records, says Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario #CdnGovInfo #FOIA #ATIP

You won’t see N.L. Public Libraries posting on X anymore cbc.ca/player/play/vi… Newfoundland and Labrador Public Libraries will no longer be posting on X. The director of library operations says the social media platform formerly known as Twitter is ‘no longer a good fit.’

Investigation finds Alberta government broke its own freedom of information rules cbc.ca/news/canada/ed… Alberta's access to information watchdog has found the provincial government to be non-compliant with its own freedom of information rules.

An Ontario judge tossed a court filing seemingly written with AI. Experts say it's a growing problem cbc.ca/news/canada/to… 1/2

Opinion: Canada’s national archives need more than just a facelift theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl… Library and Archives Canada will soon have a shiny new home, but historians say what it really needs is better – and faster – access to the documents that make up this country’s history