I can think of a couple of reasons why you are being down voted:
1. The CBC operates at arms length (similar to the BBC) and is not "one branch of the Canadian government".
2. The point of a FOIA request is that they are SUPPOSED to find nothing. The FOIA "threat" is what keeps the government in line, it's not a "waste of time". That the reporter found nothing and went on to write a fluff piece is the system working as designed.
1. The CBC operates at arms length (similar to the BBC) and is not "one branch of the Canadian government".
2. The point of a FOIA request is that they are SUPPOSED to find nothing. The FOIA "threat" is what keeps the government in line, it's not a "waste of time". That the reporter found nothing and went on to write a fluff piece is the system working as designed.