I'm not aware of a Canadian counterpart, but as far as I'm aware Judicial Watch is "just" a civilian watchdog organization, that uses the legal system to get information from the government, then does the legwork, processes all the documents, investigates, then publishes/sues if they find something.
They use the Freedom of Information Act in the US a lot, we have Access to Information Act. If I'm not mistaken the purpose is pretty much the same: to be able to get documents from the government they otherwise don't intend or reluctant to publish, but I don't know the specifics of either.
So I don't see why there couldn't be a Canadian "Judicial Watch", I guess it's a question of willingness, competence and resources: time/money. Based on some of JW's publications and interviews it's not exactly a bureaucratic joyride what they're doing.
I'm not aware of a Canadian counterpart, but as far as I'm aware Judicial Watch is "just" a civilian watchdog organization, that uses the legal system to get information from the government, then does the legwork, processes all the documents, investigates, then publishes/sues if they find something.
They use the Freedom of Information Act in the US a lot, we have Access to Information Act. If I'm not mistaken the purpose is pretty much the same: to be able to get documents from the government they otherwise don't intend or reluctant to publish, but I don't know the specifics of either.
So I don't see why there couldn't be a Canadian "Judicial Watch", I guess it's a question of willingness, competence and resources: time/money. Based on some of JW's publications and interviews it's not exactly a bureaucratic joyride what they're doing.
Not sure what you're referring to, but unfortunately I'm not too familiar with the legal system so even if I knew I probably couldn't answer.