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New provincial laws are making it harder to access government records in Canada
#Canada #FreedomOfInformation #AccessToInformation #Transparency #Journalism #HumanRights #Privacy #OpenGovernment #PublicRecords #Politics #Ontario #Alberta #BritishColumbia
https://the-14.com/new-provincial-laws-are-making-it-harder-to-access-government-records-in-canada/

A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt

I have been one of those who have carried the fight for complete freedom of information in the United Nations. And while accepting the fact that some of our press, our radio commentators, our prominent citizens and our movies may at times be blamed legitimately for things they have said and done, still I feel that the fundamental right of freedom of thought and expression is essential. If you curtail what the other fellow says and does, you curtail what you yourself may say and do.

Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) First Lady of the US (1933-45), politician, diplomat, activist
Column (1947-10-29), “My Day”

More info about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-eleanor/60…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #eleanorroosevelt #huaac #redscare #censorship #freespeech #freethought #freedomofexpression #freedomofinformation #freedomofspeech #freedom of thought

The wrong patient being given a biopsy was one of 5 'never events' at East Kent University Hospitals NHS Trust between Apr and Dec last year, an #FOI shows.

In another case, surgeons removed the wrong lesion from a patient’s face.

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/wrong-patient-received-biopsy-at-scandal-hit-trust-283773/

#journalism #FreedomOfInformation #JournalismTips #InvestigativeJournalism #NHS #NeverEvents

More #FOIFriday stories: https://clairemiller.net/blog/2023/03/freedom-of-information-in-the-news-week-ending-17-3-2023-foifriday/

Here's where you can subscribe to the National #FreedomOfInformation Coalition #ListServe (FOI-L)
#FOIA #LibraryOfVirginia

https://www.nfoic.org/about/programs-services/foi-listserv/

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