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The Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Energy Regulator Privacy Act Response Evaluation – A− – A Quiet Competence, A Rare Alignment(Echo(12b) – CNSOER – 2025 – 001)
1. Introduction Some institutions don’t need to be large to be lawful. The Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Energy Regulator (CNSOER) operates at the periphery of Canada’s regulatory map—small, hybrid, and low-profile. It governs subsea licensing, monitors offshore risk, and maintains a jurisdictional overlap with Natural Resources Canada and Nova Scotia’s Department of Energy. It is, in…
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The Canadian Intelligence Commissioner Privacy Act Response Evaluation – A Clean File, A Quiet Return (Echo(12b) – OIC – 2025 – 001)
1. Introduction In a federal ecosystem increasingly defined by bureaucratic evasion, denials dressed as decorum, and institutional habits of opacity, sometimes the most revealing response is the one that simply says: “We looked. There’s nothing here.” That is exactly what happened with the Office of the Intelligence Commissioner (OIC). This post marks the first installment…