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Library and Archives Canada cutting 70 jobs as part of workforce adjustment https://t.co/rLDXkAuJrm

Library and Archives Canada told CTV News Ottawaa workforce adjustment process will result in the loss of approx 70 indeterminate positions over the next several months.

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Opinion: Canada’s national archives need more than just a facelift https://t.co/AK3FQpBSJ5

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

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An Ontario judge tossed a court filing seemingly written with AI. Experts say it's a growing problem https://t.co/K0l7I9SkG1

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Investigation finds Alberta government broke its own freedom of information rules https://t.co/gRQDgmNlX4

Alberta's access to information watchdog has found the provincial government to be non-compliant with its own freedom of information rules.

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You won’t see N.L. Public Libraries posting on X anymore https://t.co/ZH3WxMqQxY

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.’

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‘Contentious’: how Ontario handles politically sensitive requests for government info https://t.co/OeCfQlr3Ax

The practice is allowed, even though it 'can delay the timely release' of potentially sensitive records, says @IPCinfoprivacy

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When Ottawa uses the Official Languages Act to deny access to information https://t.co/bQmD6eBNhH

Citing bilingualism as an excuse to obscure transparency is a disservice to both causes.

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Ontario privacy commissioner reports jump in snooping cases https://t.co/ngVl2etGTi

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

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New edition of Electronic records as documentary evidence published https://t.co/jT6O3gtOam

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.

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Christine Ivory Nominated as New Parliamentary Librarian https://t.co/n446HdWBTh

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 @LibraryArchives.

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Ontario’s freedom of information system is ‘broken,’ critics say https://t.co/o6HC3juEtB

@MaritStiles 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

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Once unstoppable, government digital service reform hits a wall in Canada https://t.co/yyNYRMDPq1

Seven-year experiment has lessons for how to transform a massive corporate culture

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N.W.T.'s access-to-information system slow and frustrating, users say https://t.co/pIeR8c46qN

Understaffing and a lack of transparency are interfering with a system designed to hold public bodies accountable and keep the public informed.

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Library and GLAM Sector Submissions to 2024 Pre-Budget Consultations https://t.co/OaLjFeh3YA

Library sector organizations call for federal support for access to e-content, infrastructure, accessible reading material, funding for @LibraryArchives, OER, and Canadian publishers.

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Federal chief information officer Catherine Luelo resigns https://t.co/apH4OOIkNV

Luelo came from the private sector to drag the federal public service into the modern age. She leaves government much as she found it.

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Ottawa has declined to overhaul its access to information system, for the second time https://t.co/21hEmKXsSv

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

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Sask. privacy commissioner says he should have power to make government release info https://t.co/7A8v0xFbhh

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

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Who should preserve treaties between First Nations and the Crown? https://t.co/wWhSwXd5uZ

With an increased focus on truth and reconciliation, some say Indigenous communities should have a larger role in preserving their own history.

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The Access to Information Act needs urgent repair. Will Pierre Poilievre be the politician to fix it? https://t.co/g3aVqDUzWe

Opposition parties often lose their appetite for openness once they grab the levers of government. Power is allergic to transparency