How much value is there in FOIAs?
It seems that the US ones have been yielding quite a bit of informaton.
I remember seeing one from the city of Ottawa, which revealed that they didn't actually look to the data to support their lockdown measures, and just followed federal or provincial mandates without justification.
Outside of that, I don't recall hearing much about FOIAs in Canada for COVID.
Is there a reason for this? Are they more difficult to get, compared to the US? Is our time better used elsewhere?
And two adjacently related questions.
What goes into filing a FOIA?
And who would we target with these, to get the best results (e.g., cities, health departments, government agencies, etc.)?
It seems that the US ones have been yielding quite a bit of informaton.
I remember seeing one from the city of Ottawa, which revealed that they didn't actually look to the data to support their lockdown measures, and just followed federal or provincial mandates without justification.
Outside of that, I don't recall hearing much about FOIAs in Canada for COVID.
Is there a reason for this? Are they more difficult to get, compared to the US? Is our time better used elsewhere?
And two adjacently related questions.
What goes into filing a FOIA?
And who would we target with these, to get the best results (e.g., cities, health departments, government agencies, etc.)?
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