Innisfail Today: Australia: Friday, 10Th April
2026.
Legislation introduced by
Premier Doug Ford's government would amend the law shaping the province’s
freedom of information system to end the public’s ability to request the
records of the premier, cabinet ministers, parliamentary assistants and their
offices. (File photo)Tyler Evans/OrilliaMatters
Letter to the Editor: 'Decreasing our abilities to access information which is our due will only make it more difficult for us to understand how the government that we elected is carrying on,' letter writer says
Our Ontario Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act is a public tool that "ensures" government decisions are accountable to the public.
The people who hold power are temporary; we citizens are permanent. The government acts in the people's name. They spend our public dollars.
We elect these politicians to act for us. How else can we have a sincere and transparent government if we don't have our freedom of information? It is our right.
If not for the FOI Act, we would never have learned about the Greenbelt Scandal.
Decreasing our abilities to access information which is our due will only make it more difficult for us to understand how the government that we elected is carrying on.
Once the freedom is removed, we will never get it back. This will hurt our democracy. Please write to your MPP and to Premier Doug Ford and state your concerns. Let's do this for the sake of our kids and their kids.
Donna Deneault
Stouffville
Letter to the Editor: 'Decreasing our abilities to access information which is our due will only make it more difficult for us to understand how the government that we elected is carrying on,' letter writer says
Our Ontario Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act is a public tool that "ensures" government decisions are accountable to the public.
The people who hold power are temporary; we citizens are permanent. The government acts in the people's name. They spend our public dollars.
We elect these politicians to act for us. How else can we have a sincere and transparent government if we don't have our freedom of information? It is our right.
If not for the FOI Act, we would never have learned about the Greenbelt Scandal.
Decreasing our abilities to access information which is our due will only make it more difficult for us to understand how the government that we elected is carrying on.
Once the freedom is removed, we will never get it back. This will hurt our democracy. Please write to your MPP and to Premier Doug Ford and state your concerns. Let's do this for the sake of our kids and their kids.
Donna Deneault
Stouffville
.JPG)
.JPG)
