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The ruling ends a battle that lasted more than five years over where the bounds of cabinet confidentiality end and the public’s right to know begins
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FOI laws are supposed to let Canadians see how governments and public servants work. Yet at every turn, the process gives institutions incentives to keep records hidden
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Several organizations intervening at the Supreme Court argue that if the Ontario government's broad interpretation of what should be considered a cabinet record is adopted, it would vastly expand the scope of records the government can keep secret from the public in a way that would undermine democracy and impair the public's ability to hold the government accountable.