Category Bureaucratic Violence

“Neither Confirm Nor Deny”: The Glomar Response and Its Canadian Mutation under the Privacy Act

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“Neither Confirm Nor Deny”: The Glomar Response and Its Canadian Mutation under the Privacy Act If you are looking for our amazing free CSE Glomar Unit NFT, scroll to the bottom of the page for the keyed claim link! Introduction…

We Were Never in Your Court: On the Tactical Refusal of Bureaucratic Norms in Adversarial Systems Work

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We Were Never in Your Court: On the Tactical Refusal of Bureaucratic Norms in Adversarial Systems Work Introduction Bureaucracies want to be seen as inevitable. Their legitimacy is presumed, their authority routinized, their processes self-justifying. They demand submission not through…

Metadata as Method: Adversarial OSINT and the Canadian Transparency Regime

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Metadata as Method: Adversarial OSINT and the Canadian Transparency Regime Introduction: The Unseen Feedback Loop In Canada’s freedom-of-information arena, an unexpected feedback loop has emerged. Citizens file Access to Information (ATIP) requests seeking government records, but evidence shows that federal…

Weaponized Clarification: How LAC Obstructed a Privacy Act Request Through Contradiction, Misquoting Law, and Strategic Delay

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Weaponized Clarification: How LAC Obstructed a Privacy Act Request Through Contradiction, Misquoting Law, and Strategic Delay I. Introduction: A Clerical Farce with National Implications There is a specific kind of Canadian scandal—quiet, paper-based, deniable. It does not involve suitcases of…

Core Beliefs: How the Darlington BWRX-300 Reactor Was Licensed on Faith, Not Fact

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Core Beliefs: How the Darlington BWRX-300 Reactor Was Licensed on Faith, Not Fact I. Tea at the End of the Regulatory World There is a peculiar kind of peace that descends when you realize no one is steering the ship…

Strategic Retreat: How the Business Development Bank of Canada Betrayed the Nation’s Innovation Defences During a Trade War

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Strategic Retreat: How the Business Development Bank of Canada Betrayed the Nation’s Innovation Defences During a Trade War Introduction – Surrender in Silence While Canada drifts headless through its 2025 federal election under the caretaker convention, the Business Development Bank…

Conflict by Design: How the CNSC Greenlit a Radioactive Timebomb at Chalk River

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Conflict by Design: How the CNSC Greenlit a Radioactive Timebomb at Chalk River I. Executive Summary – When the Watchdog Wags Its Tail The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) would like you to believe it is Canada’s impartial guardian of…

Sovereignty, Secrecy, and the State of Exception: How One Privacy Request Exposed a Canadian Nuclear Crisis

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Sovereignty, Secrecy, and the State of Exception: How One Privacy Request Exposed a Canadian Nuclear Crisis Editor’s Note – They Opened the File. Then They Shut Their Mouths. This article was finalized on March 31, 2025. However, we voluntarily embargoed…