Category Legal

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…

OIC Dreamt of Electric Fences: Metadata, Misconduct, and the Long Now of the Access State

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OIC Dreamt of Electric Fences: Metadata, Misconduct, and the Long Now of the Access State Scene 1: The Glitch June 2. Then again June 5. A small hole in the network tore open. Not a metaphor — server logs don’t…