Category Freedom of Information

Canada Refuses to Confirm or Deny Epstein Files: FINTRAC Issues Full Glomar Response

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Canada Refuses to Confirm or Deny Epstein Files: FINTRAC Issues Full Glomar Response Introduction – GLOMAR #2: Canada’s Financial Intelligence Agency Stonewalls Epstein Request On July 25, 2025, the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) formally refused…

Rubber Stamp Justice: How the Office of the Information Commissioner Became Canada’s Gatekeeper of Government Secrecy

A dark, moody header image for a legal critique article. The image features the facade of a Canadian government building overlaid with translucent legal documents, redacted text, and glitch-like distortions. A shadowed figure stands in the corner, symbolizing the requester, partially obscured by layers of bureaucracy. The overall color scheme is grey, black, and crimson, evoking themes of surveillance, secrecy, and institutional opacity.

Rubber Stamp Justice: How the Office of the Information Commissioner Became Canada’s Gatekeeper of Government Secrecy Introduction: A Watchdog in Name Only There is a peculiar kind of magic in Canadian administrative law—the ability to appear procedurally fair while functionally…