Ontario’s government announced on June 22, 2026 that the daily itinerary of Premier Doug Ford will no longer be made public. The decision follows recent amendments to the province’s freedom of information legislation, which altered the categories of records that can be requested. Under the revised rules, ministers and the offices they head are excluded from the list of documents subject to public access requests.
The change means that the premier’s calendar, which had previously been released for public viewing, will now be retained internally and not disclosed through freedom of information channels. The amendment was part of a broader update to Ontario’s freedom of information framework aimed at limiting the scope of documents that can be obtained by the public from ministerial offices.
Officials indicated that the adjustment aligns with the government’s intent to protect certain internal operational details. The revised legislation specifically removes ministers and their associated offices from the records that fall under the freedom of information regime, thereby restricting public access to a range of documents previously available.
The move has been noted as a shift in transparency policy for the province’s highest officials. While the premier’s schedule will continue to be managed by his office, it will no longer be part of the material that can be requested by journalists, researchers, or members of the public through formal information requests. The change reflects the latest iteration of Ontario’s freedom of information laws, which now set tighter boundaries on the types of governmental records that are open to public scrutiny.