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An Ontario school board that refused to release information on its small art collection because of supposed safety concerns has been selected as the municipal winner of the 2025 Code of Silence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Government Secrecy. 

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s government has been selected as the provincial winner of the 2025 Code of Silence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Government Secrecy after Alberta’s information and privacy commissioner found the province broke its own freedom of information laws. 

Canada’s federal government has once again been selected as this year’s recipient of the federal Code of Silence Award for Outstanding Achievements in Government Secrecy after statistics showed federal institutions delivered the worst on-time performance ever for timely response to access to information requests in 2024-2025.

Lita Barrie, Chair of the Canadian Federation of Library Associations/Fédération canadienne des associations de bibliothèques (CFLA-FCAB) is joining the Centre for Free Expression’s Advisory Board, replacing Andrea Cecchetto, the outgoing CFLA/FCAB Chair.

Peter Bailey, formerly CEO of the St. Albert Public Library, has been appointed a senior fellow by the Centre for Free Expression (CFE).“The CFE is delighted to welcome Peter Bailey as a senior fellow,” said James L. Turk, Director of the Centre for Free Expression. “His distinguished career in the library world will be invaluable for CFE’s work in promoting intellectual freedom and assisting libraries facing growing demands for censorship.”