Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government is likely set to pass legislation today that will make the records of the premier, cabinet ministers and their staff secret, after refusing to hold public hearings and speeding through a late-night sitting.
Ford has admitted that part of the rationale for the clampdown is to kill a request from Global News to obtain his cellphone records.
The law will be retroactive to 1988 and therefore nullify current requests, even those made years ago