For its years-long efforts to obstruct public access to information about plans to build a $400-million glass factory in the community, Stratford City Council “wins” the 2021 #CodeofSilenceAward in the municipal category: caj.ca/blog/Much_ado_… 🏆 
For more than two years, city council circumvented basic transparency measures as it held secret in-camera meetings and failed to properly report discussions and planning undertaken with Xinyi Canada Glass: nationalobserver.com/2021/06/11/new…
According to the award submission, the city demanded $8,850 for one FOI request. In another, the city declared no records were found. A third request was told that a study commissioned by the city was confidential because it was given to the city solicitor:stratfordbeaconherald.com/news/local-new…
In addition, the City Council of Surrey B.C. receives a #CodeofSilence dishonourable mention for banning a group of seven senior citizens from attending city council meetings - a decision which was later walked back: surreynowleader.com/news/surrey-co…
The Code of Silence Awards call attention to government/publicly funded agencies that work hard to hide information to which the public has a right under #ATI legislation.
The “winners” in the law enforcement category will be announced next week: caj.ca/Code_of_Silenc…
The “winners” in the law enforcement category will be announced next week: caj.ca/Code_of_Silenc…
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