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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/61737959

The utter audacity of this.

The exemptions would be retroactive, meaning all existing, outstanding requests for information from these offices would be scrapped, including Mr. Ford’s phone logs.

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[-] betanumerus@lemmy.ca 2 points 16 minutes ago

Nah Canada isn't going to have different rules for different classes sorry.

[-] Undearius@lemmy.ca 9 points 6 hours ago

Through the process, the government has admitted Ford uses his personal phone for government business, but argued it would be an invasion of his privacy to release it.

Then don't do public business on a private device.

[-] tehWrapper@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago
[-] DCinBC@lemmy.world 17 points 16 hours ago

That’s like… that’s like an open admission that they plan to do corrupt things.

I mean imagine if your contractor said, “Well, I’d like to do this job for you but I want you to agree that you don’t need a quote and you won’t hire an inspector to check my work.” Or if your dealer at a casino said “Let me just deal the hands out behind this screen here where you can’t see what I’m doing, trust me bro.”

Transparency is the only thing that keeps politicians or business people honest.

When they openly say they don’t want transparency, they are telling us that they plan to be dishonest. It’s that simple.

[-] kat_angstrom@lemmy.world 57 points 1 day ago

Yup, that's exactly what a corrupt politician would do

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 18 points 21 hours ago

In case you didn't remember the cons still ran Ontario...

[-] twopi@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Still run. And still have a majority, got a third straight one last year.

[-] minorkeys@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago

So they can hide wrongdoing and incompetence. Absolutely insane when right wingers demand shit like this. It's anti democratic and ensures increases in wrongdoing and incompetence.

[-] a_gee_dizzle@lemmy.ca 31 points 1 day ago

The exemptions would be retroactive

Makes me think that they must have got wind of a FOI request that requests some info that they really don’t want to get out

[-] BuoyantCitrus@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 day ago

The proposed changes follow the government’s loss of a court battle, initially launched by Global News, over the call logs for Premier Doug Ford’s personal cellphone, which he uses for government business.

[-] a_gee_dizzle@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 day ago

Yeah. Must be something real juicy in those call logs

[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 1 points 43 minutes ago

A lot of calls to a certain resort in Florida?

[-] MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca 2 points 16 hours ago

Anyone that thinks their phone calls are private really needs to look into the reality of the situation

[-] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 day ago

I'm putting my money on kickbacks relating to Ontario Place.

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago

or the RCMP Greenbelt investigation..LOL.. as if.

[-] Sharkticon@lemmy.zip 21 points 1 day ago
[-] veeesix@lemmy.ca 9 points 23 hours ago

His Basket Weaving PhD.

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

you'll never know.

[-] tehWrapper@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago

If our taxes are paying you we have a right to know.

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago

they guy yelling at people to get a job?

[-] Doomsider@lemmy.world 8 points 22 hours ago

So much corruption.

[-] Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 day ago

Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.

[-] minorkeys@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

More like, "I should be able to do whatever gets me what i want."

[-] ZC3rr0r@piefed.ca 9 points 23 hours ago

"Ontario still sliding towards authoritarianism", this and other obvious news at 5.

[-] ivanvector@piefed.ca 8 points 1 day ago

There is obviously something bad that has already been identified by an FOI request that they don't want to be made public. There's no other conceivable reason to do this at all, and there is no possible way this can be of any benefit to taxpayers or residents of Ontario at all.

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago

we have to see who in the press asked for an FOI and what about.

But FFS Ontario, what do you see in this guy? Is is sex appeal?

[-] MacroCyclo@lemmy.ca 2 points 16 hours ago

Oh you bet it's sex appeal

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