Doug Ford’s daily calendar is no longer public under Ontario FOI changes

Doug Ford’s daily calendar is now being kept out of the public record after recent changes to Ontario’s freedom of information law removed access to records held by ministers and their offices. CBC News said it had regularly requested the premier’s calendar over the years and often received it with redactions, but a recent request was rejected after the law changed in late April. The province said the revisions were meant to modernize Ontario’s access rules and align them more closely with other governments. The change has drawn criticism from transparency experts and some opposition voices, who argue the province already had provisions to protect cabinet confidentiality without blocking access to the records altogether. Researchers quoted in the article said the move weakens public oversight by making it harder to see who the premier meets with and how government decisions are being made.