External bot worries are just one way the feds are creatively avoiding public disclosure

How ironic that worries about ‘irresponsible’ outside bot manipulators prevail when departments themselves are starting to massively use AI to ensure that less data is released to users.

Treasury Board President Shafqat Ali. If departments’ concerns about users applying for government records is any indication, their currently secret submissions to the Treasury Board ATI review will be self-interested, writes Ken Rubin.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY KEN RUBIN

July 1, 2026

OTTAWA—The Treasury Board and other federal departments cannot even get their own promotion on open government right, at least when it comes to complying and releasing data found on its open government portal.

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