Sean Holman

In Canada, the federal government has had a long history of studying transparency instead of being transparent - a complaint that was lodged against it even before the introduction of the Access to Information Act. https://seanholman.com/2018/09/11/death-by-study/

In 1976, Liberal Government House Leader Mitchell Sharp claimed that the classification of documents had "nothing to do with the public." https://seanholman.com//classifying-info-has-nothing-to-d/

That time when British rock stars were urged to become anti-government secrecy activists... https://seanholman.com//mick-jagger-freedom-of-informatio/

Cabinet confidentiality is perhaps the biggest reason why Canadian governments are so secretive. And, at one point, some Canadians actually dared to question that tradition. https://seanholman.com//is-cabinet-confidentiality-reason/

Declassifying millions of page of government records versus having one government employee dedicated to declassification: the difference between American and Canadian government openness. https://seanholman.com/2018/08/10/what-never-hardly-ever/

The Canadian government's open government team has been asking for feedback on how Ottawa can be more open and democratic. I decided to give them some advice. https://seanholman.com//measuring-trudeaus-commitment-to-/