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.
ATI records show "Onboarding — No case" was the top phone inquiry at the CBSA's CARM Help Desk from November 2025 to February 2026, with onboarding and account-access issues dominating both the phone and webform channels.
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A FOIPOP release of Nova Scotia's 2018 Wood Street Campus assessment surfaces 18 recommendations on the province's only Level 4 youth facility, but redacts the harassment findings the requester sought.
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ATI records reveal Ottawa's HIFIS agreements with seven Alberta cities export more than 50 personal data fields on homeless individuals quarterly — including date of birth, racial identity, and health issues — under a "non-directly identifiable" framing.
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ATI records reveal Global Affairs Canada activated a June 2022 inter-departmental protocol — the Enlisted Canadians Coordination Cell — after a Canadian fighting for Ukraine was killed in a Russian cross-border raid in Bryansk.
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Access-to-information records reveal the Canadian Human Rights Commission dismissed 270 complaints in 28 months but does not track trauma, coercive control, surveillance, or abuse of authority — none are prohibited grounds under the Act.
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CSIS internal review finds 69% of Indigenous employees question their careers due to polygraph stress. The first-ever intersectional analysis of spy agency screening practices reveals disproportionate impacts on marginalized groups.
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