Ontario’s transparency watchdog is pouring cold water on some of the Ford government’s central justifications for clamping down on freedom of information, saying the changes will actually make the province more secretive and less secure. The province recently announced it would rewrite its access to information laws to retroactively exclude all records belonging to the premier, cabinet ministers, parliamentary assistants and their staff.The sweeping changes — which will effectively shield all calls to and from the premier and nullify a recent legal defeat — were explained by the government as a long-overdue update.“I think we need to recognize this is…