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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"The Letters are revealing of the substance of Cabinet deliberations, both on their face and when compared against what government actually does," wrote Justice Andromache Karakatsanis in the majority decision

Umm hey isn't the point to know this? Like I'd prefer to know what the substance of cabinet deliberations than not.

Government should be transparent, not 30 cheeseburgers thick opaque.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Then FIPPA has to be changed. Right now the act allows for cabinet deliberations to be kept confidential:

https://www.ontario.ca/document/freedom-information-and-protection-privacy-manual/chapter-5-exemptions-and-exclusions#section-2

Maybe that makes sense. Maybe it doesn't. But that's the law as written today and the court decided that these letters fall under that carve-out.