Canadian government documents released through Access to Information (ATI) and Freedom of Information (FOI) requests. Each file is summarized in plain language for context and clarity, with the full source document linked so you can read it yourself. This section exists to support transparency, accountability, and public understanding of how government decisions get made in Canada.
FOI records show 1,409,513 B.C. residents had no primary care provider in June 2025, while just 384,175 sat on the Health Connect Registry — leaving over a million people outside the queue built to serve them.
Steve Cogbill
FOI records reveal that after two plasma donors died at Grifols centres in Winnipeg, Health Canada, the provinces, and Canadian Blood Services coordinated a cautious response built around redirecting all questions to the federal regulator.
Steve Cogbill
ATI records show the RCAF's new pilot pay scale tops out at $15,684 a month — above a senior colonel — while quietly closing out OP EXPERIENCE and leaving a promotion penalty for pilots made major unresolved for years.
Steve Cogbill
CRA records released under access-to-information show 138,149 TFSA over-contribution penalties in 2024 — the most in 16 years — yet the agency admits it doesn't track how many penalty-waiver requests it actually approves or denies.
Steve Cogbill
Internal CER records detail the Canada-Alberta MOU: a million-barrel bitumen pipeline, a suspended Clean Electricity Regulation, and Ottawa dropping the Oil and Gas Emissions Cap in exchange for a $130/tonne Alberta carbon price.
Steve Cogbill