Alberta’s Access to Information Problems Absent from Campaign Trail
This article originally appeared on Sean Holman's Unknowable Country. Alberta’s freedom of information law is...
The Tyranny of the Talking Point
Dear government spin doctor, I am working on a story about how the job you’re...
Canada’s Public Companies Should Disclose Political Spending: Report
Unlike the U.S., where the wellspring of cash flooding federal elections is reaching a new...
Critics Question Whether News Canada, a Federally Funded Wire Service, Disseminates Pro-Government Propaganda
“Forget press releases. Forget press agents, publicists. Forget advertorials and sponsored content and native content....
Dear Harper, You Know the Rules: It’s Three Strikes You’re Out
This is a guest post by Michael Harris, author of Party of One: Stephen Harper...
Canada’s Access to Information Act Doesn’t Really Provide Canadians with Access to Information
In their recently published book Your Right to Know, journalists Jim Bronskill and David McKie have...
Canada and the Politics of Fear: Anti-Terrorism, Surveillance and Citizenship in a Changing World
The Harper government — like so many governments that have come before it and will come after...
Why Support DeSmog Canada? Here Are Six Reasons It’s Totally Worth It
As many of our readers have already seen, DeSmog Canada recently completed a successful Kickstarter...
It’s Time to Put the Spotlight on Government Secrecy
Partisans may not believe it, but Canada’s “culture of secrecy” existed long before Stephen Harper...
