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Freedom of information? Here’s what Ontario’s government doesn’t want you to know

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By Anna Mehler Paperny – Investigative Journalism Bureau

What communication did Ontario Premier Doug Ford have with developers who could have benefited from his removal of Greenbelt protections before he walked that back?

What briefing notes did Ford receive related to Toronto’s Billy Bishop Airport, which he wanted to expand?

What was in his calendar between Feb. 5 and April 21, 2026?

And what briefings did he get for a June 2025 meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra?

These are just some of the things that Ontario’s government won’t tell the public. 

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Behind the reporting: How, and why, we dug into medical coercion

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By Anna Mehler Paperny – Investigative Journalism Bureau

We’ve all gotten medical advice we didn’t follow.

Get more exercise? With what free time?

Eat less meat? No, thank you.

Eight hours of sleep a night? Lol, I’ll get right on that.

But sometimes you’re deemed too sick – too crazy – to ignore medical advice.

Tens of thousands of times a year, Ontarians are deemed too crazy to decide to leave hospital, too crazy to consent – or withhold consent – to treatment.

And thousands of times a year, they challenge those medical designations at the arms-length body that adjudicates such challenges – the Consent and Capacity Board. 

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