CBC is fighting government secrecy in court with the Ford government while using the same kind of laws to keep their information secret.
“A head shall refuse to disclose a record where the disclosure would reveal the substance of deliberations of the Executive Council or its committees,” the section states.
While the government is arguing the importance of cabinet confidence, an important part of our democracy — it allows for open and frank deliberations within cabinet — the attempt to get the letter by CBC is a bit pointless now, someone leaked them all to Global. Which is why it was a puzzle that the Ford government would spend so much time and effort to keep them secret – there is nothing interesting about them – and why CBC would spend so much time and money to get them released..
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