This outrageous. Can someone please point me to the law that exempts the House from the Canada Evidence Act?
“Where a minister of the Crown or the Clerk of the Privy Council objects to the disclosure of information before a court, person or body with jurisdiction to compel the production of information by certifying in writing that the information constitutes a confidence of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada, disclosure of the information shall be refused without examination or hearing of the information by the court, person or body.”
They sure look like a “body with jurisdiction to compel the production of information” to me
The Speaker’s Office has lost the plot
HotbladesHarry on
It’s just insane what Canadians put up with from their politicians. It’s like we don’t think we as citizens deserve to be informed about our own governments dealings even if and sometimes especially when shady activity is going down. The most accountable government in Canadian history?
PaloAltoPremium on
Buried under the HoC antics is the actual reason behind the investigation, and what is looking like another brewing Liberal scandal.
>“Hogan’s report found “significant lapses” in the $1-billion fund’s governance and handling of public funds. For example, she discovered 90 decisions in which SDTC violated its own conflict-of-interest policies.
>She also noted that one out of six projects funded by SDTC (worth a total of $59 million) she audited weren’t eligible and, in some cases, didn’t even support the development of a new green technology.”
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This outrageous. Can someone please point me to the law that exempts the House from the Canada Evidence Act?
“Where a minister of the Crown or the Clerk of the Privy Council objects to the disclosure of information before a court, person or body with jurisdiction to compel the production of information by certifying in writing that the information constitutes a confidence of the Queen’s Privy Council for Canada, disclosure of the information shall be refused without examination or hearing of the information by the court, person or body.”
They sure look like a “body with jurisdiction to compel the production of information” to me
The Speaker’s Office has lost the plot
It’s just insane what Canadians put up with from their politicians. It’s like we don’t think we as citizens deserve to be informed about our own governments dealings even if and sometimes especially when shady activity is going down. The most accountable government in Canadian history?
Buried under the HoC antics is the actual reason behind the investigation, and what is looking like another brewing Liberal scandal.
>“Hogan’s report found “significant lapses” in the $1-billion fund’s governance and handling of public funds. For example, she discovered 90 decisions in which SDTC violated its own conflict-of-interest policies.
>She also noted that one out of six projects funded by SDTC (worth a total of $59 million) she audited weren’t eligible and, in some cases, didn’t even support the development of a new green technology.”