Information watchdogs, researchers, media and others say government, institutions keeping citizens in the dark even as opportunities for transparency increase.

A good long form piece about the existing deficits in Canada’s access to information policies and laws. These laws are designed to let Canadians understand their governments and hold them to account. Unfortunately, our laws have become so atrophied that they are often more helpful for getting documents of some (routinely minor) historical import instead of getting documents that can meaningfully enable citizens to be active in their democracies.

Source: Canadians’ rightful access to public information being blocked, experts say