Rescinding an almost 50-year-old coal mining moratorium to get out of lawsuits, Greenbelt FOI code words, mayoral power-fuelled bike lane challenges…the latest transparency breaches from provincial and municipal governments across Canada are almost too numerous to count. Does democracy mean nothing in this country?

Host: San Grewal

Credits: Jess Schmidt (Producer), Lucie Laumonier (Associate producer and Fact Checking) Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)

Co-host: Cole Bennett

Photo: James Wheeler (modified)

Further reading: 

• Alberta Premier Danielle Smith faces raucous, angry town hall on province’s coal policy – CBC
• Ontario’s Greenbelt: Access to information and government transparency – IPC report
• Former chief of staff to Alberta Premier lived in home owned by Sam Mraiche’s sister – The Globe & Mail
• Please Advise! Have National Post Editors Gone Too Far? – The Tyee

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