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Ontario IPC to issue special report on Ford government's handling of Greenbelt documents

The commissioner said on May 21 that her office is in possession of 19 active freedom-of-information requests for records about the Greenbelt. The number prompted her to decide to write the special report on changes to the Greenbelt, access to information and record-keeping.

Published May 27, 2024 at 5:23pm

Barbara Patrocinio
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Barbara Patrocinio
Ontario IPC to issue special report on Ford government's handling of Greenbelt documents

After critics asked if political staff tried to get around the province's disclosure laws, Ontario's Information and Privacy Commissioner says it will issue a special report on how the Ford government handled documents linked to the Greenbelt scandal.

The Ontario NDP asked Patricia Kosseim's office to fully look into a "pattern of apparent non-compliance by government officials."

They also said that some records in which the government seemed to be talking about the Greenbelt policy in code words were kept secret from the public.

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