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Right to Know Coalition of Nova Scotia (RTKNS) is a non-profit organization. Through advocacy and education, RTKNS encourages the use and development of freedom-of-information legislation to foster a better informed and more politically active electorate in Nova Scotia and to improve the quality of public and private decision making in the province.
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- Morton’s proposed transparency reforms fail to imp...
- Alberta Tory leadership hopefuls call for more gov...
- thestar.com iPhone : Privacy watchdog clears Ontar...
- 15 May Movement Demands Access to Information Law ...
- Keep FOI panel independent
- Freedom of information trumps academic freedom - S...
- CBC snubs taxpayers on cost of travel | Canada | N...
- Transparency: This Generation’s Magna Carta?
- Freedom of information laws are used to harass sci...
- OMB to cut two transparency programs, suspend others
- Nigeria : Where is my Freedom of Information Bill?...
- Nigeria passes first freedom of information bill -...
- Sunlight Weekly Round-up: Montana uses cost to cla...
- Open government must be a priority - Connecticut Post
- Chatham Daily News Mobile - FOI rules to apply to
- Malloy's bad idea Freedom of Information Commissio...
- U of O leads in requests under freedom of informat...
- The Premier's primer - Local - News - The Telegram
- Yahoo! Canada News - Ontario won't reduce fees cha...
- McDaniels Praises FOI But Claims Exemption
- Information boss to rule on withheld legal aid report
- Protect public's right to know
- From the bench, a boost for government secrecy
- Information commissioner alarmed by court ruling -...
- B.C. freedom of information watchdog raps BC Ferri...
- Access to information: PM's privacy has its limits
- University Systems in Delaware Might Be Dragged in...
- Expect 'even greater secrecy' in wake of court rul...
- updatedTop court says PM, ministers not subject to...
- Top court to rule if PM, ministers beyond reach of...
- Alberta's privacy commissioner stepping down
- Ontario, New Brunswick and Harper up for top secre...
- NDP releases e-mails showing Liberal interference ...
- Accessible Government - Now is the Time
- DOJ To Hold FOIA Fee Summit
- Liberals let politics interfere with access to inf...
- Liberals accused of politicizing FOI requests | On...
- Nova Scotia will release shelved VLT impact study ...
- Critics accuse Liberals of secrecy after hospitals...
- The 1989 effect: Accountability driving demands fo...
- Global Integrity Report lowers Canadian federal go...
- Information Commissioner wants FOI legislation ext...
- Cayetano dismayed by delay in passing FoI bill
- Paul Valery
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Links
- Accountability Initiative (India)
- The Art of Access
- Centre for Law and Democracy
- Canadian Government Expenses (Bine Consulting)
- Open Parliament
- Know How They Vote (NS Legislature)
- Canadian Association of Professional Access and Privacy Administrators
- Find Your Nova Scotia MLA
- RTKNS Photo Albums
- NS Provincial Government Food Safety Reports
- NS Select Committee on Participation in the Democratic Process
- NS Democracy 250
- House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (ETHI)
- Lawyers Rights Watch Canada (LRWC)
- Independent Diplomat
- National Whistleblowers Center
- right2info.org : The Right to Information: Good Law and Practice
- National Freedom of Information Blog
- Apathy is Boring
- Empire Center for New York State Policy
- Maine Freedom of Information Coalition (MFOIC)
Fellow Bloggers
- iSolon.org
- Michael Geist
- BBC Open Secrets
- Open and Shut (Australia)
- Waye Mason - Citadel Schools
- JournaListed - Heather Brooke
- David T.S. Fraser - PrivacyLawyer
- Open Knowledge Foundation (UK)
- Freedom of Information News
- Heather Brooke - Your Right to Know (UK)
- Open Secrets: A BBC blog about freedom of information by Martin Rosenbaum
"Without the FOI, the establishment would have been able to hide even more than it does now. Instead of making it harder for people to get information from public bodies on how they are run, it should be made easier."-- Norwich North UK MP Ian Gibson (Oct 2006) on raising FOI fees
If the public is "to participate more [in government] than just via the ballot box, then they need proper access to information"-- Joanne Caddy, (Nov 2001), "Why citizens are central to good governance", OECD Observer,