The bill amends the Judges Act to clarify when a judge can be removed and changes the way recommendations are made to remove a judge to the federal justice minister. [Global]

In the four decades since Canada's Access to Information Act (1983) came into force, the massive proliferation of digital technologies has prompted significant transformations in the operations of modern governments. The impacts of this digital era on access to information (ATI) research in Canada—by which we mean both research on ATI law (and its administration) as well as research using ATI law (to generate data)—have not received the scholarly attention they deserve. In this short article, we focus on describing the pervasive digital environment that Canada's ATI system operates in and what this means for future ATI research and practice. We begin by tracing how the digitization of government has caused shifts in the administration of Canada's ATI regime before reflecting on some of the implications of these changes for the current and future state of ATI research. A core point of contention is that the future of ATI in Canada and elsewhere is productively understood through the lens of data politics—the notion that all decisions to collect, share, or use data are intractably political (Bigo et al., 2019). We conclude by proposing several research questions that can help guide future ATI research in the era of digital government. Very interesting piece.  [Canadian Public Administration]

The federal minister responsible for the much-criticized access-to-information system says her focus is on improving service amid growing calls to go further and rewrite the transparency law. [CP]

Edmonton Centre MP Randy Boissonnault says he’s optimistic the federal government can work alongside and improve relations with Premier Danielle Smith’s UCP government while also still pursuing Ottawa’s sustainable jobs initiative. He may just be an "Edmonton MP" to the Journal but also the only Albertan at the cabinet table. Boissonnault is the Minister of Tourism and the Associate Minister of Finance. [Edmonton Journal]

The 10th report of the House of Commons of Canada Standing Committee on Natural Resources.

The premiers say the new clean fuel standards, which could see pump prices jump up in the region dramatically, will have a disproportionate impact on Atlantic Canadians. [Global]

A new public entrance will be designed with two accessible pathways leading from the eternal flame and courtyard in front of Centre Block to the welcome centre's main floor. [Global]

"We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of Canada, call upon the House of Commons to hold federal elections over the weekend on both Saturday and Sunday." Presented to the House by NDP MP Daniel Blaikie. If you agree, you can click through and sign this e-petition yourself. [House of Commons]

"There's no obvious person waiting in the wings," said Donald Wright, a political science professor at the University of New Brunswick. "There's no Brian Mulroney waiting to take Joe Clark's job, there's no Jean Chrétien waiting to take John Turner's job ... Is this the Progressive Conservative party imploding, shooting itself in the foot?" [Telegraph Journal]

First elected as city councillor, then as member of Parliament, people in Toronto know Olivia Chow's name. That's not something that can be said of all mayoral candidates. [Global]

What worries Anthony Furey is what he says is happening in his neighbourhood and others. [Global]

Saying it can’t wait until the coming review of television policy and group licence renewals completes its long process, Bell Media has filed applications with the CRTC to eliminate all regulatory requirements for local news at all of its CTV, CTV2 and Noovo stations across the country. [Fagstein]

"People do not usually have contrasting views of human and algorithmic selection. If they are skeptical of one, they’re likely to be skeptical of the other." [Nieman Journalism Lab]