Matt Malone has travelled the world to see how other countries have made information accessible to their citizens. In country after country, he found that officials have learned to live with (and sometimes even love) having their records open and freely available to their people.
As a passionate advocate of open government, Malone contrasts the experience of each country he visits with current Canadian government practice and policies. He offers convincing evidence of how Canada has been moving in the exact opposite direction, steadily increasing government secrecy.
With compelling examples internationally of what good government can mean in this digital age, this book is bound to encourage Canadians to demand better from the country’s secret keepers.
About the Speaker
Matt Malone’s main research interests pertain to the various ways law protects secret information. He also maintains a broad interest in legal issues pertinent to modern workplaces, including workplace investigations. He is the author of the forthcoming book Open Governments, Secret Canada: Hiding Information Other Countries Share.
Matt is a graduate of the University of Toronto, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and McGill University. After law school, Matt practiced law full-time in California at Morrison & Foerster and Van Dermyden Makus. He has also been a law professor at Thompson Rivers University Faculty of Law and the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law.
Matt is called to the bar in British Columbia, California, and New York. He is an academic partner at the Investigative Journalism Foundation and an advisory board member of the BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association.
Matt is a Scholar at the Balsillie School of International Affairs from March – August 2026.
