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About Ken Rubin
Ken Rubin is an Ottawa-based public interest researcher, a citizens’ advocate, an author, a civil libertarian, and an organic farmer. He is a well-known commentator on access and privacy legislation in Canada.He has filed and analyzed thousands of requests for public and personal information. His work has resulted in hundreds of media stories. He has written and published many articles and reports on government secrecy and privacy and surveillance practices. He has acted as an access consultant to a variety of media, public interest groups, political parties, labour unions, research groups, trade associations, and individuals.
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Many of his Federal Court actions for freedom of information are referred to as benchmark cases. He has helped promote improvements in freedom of information and privacy protection legislation in Canada, including amending the federal access act to penalize officials for record alteration violations. He has appeared before several parliamentary committees and is a columnist for the Hill Times.
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| “Mr. Rubin is well known as an advocate of public interest issues, and government may very well agree that some of his work is useful, but may find him a pain in the neck in other instances”.
May 17, 1984
(Perrin Beatty Co-Chair, House of Commons-Senate Regulations and Other Statutory Instruments Joint Committee)
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For over 40 years, he has been involved in a wide range of regional and national public actions that include food and air safety, health and environmental protection issues and telecommunications. |
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More on Ken Rubin
Unlocking Ottawa's Secrets
(Toronto Star op-ed, July 2, 2003)
A Mission to embarrass the bigwigs
(Globe and Mail, December 3, 1997)
Access to Information
(extract from Beyond the Headlines, Cecil Rosner, 2008)
State Secrets
(Saturday Night article, October 1987)
Organic Activist Makes a Difference
(EcoFarm & Garden, Fall 2003)
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