Number of reporters broke stories leading to Gomery Inquiry: The Globe’s Daniel Leblanc and Campbell Clark and La Presse’s Joel-Denis Bellavance as well as the Ottawa Citizen’s Jack Aubry broke the stories that led to the Gomery Inquiry, but they never thought the story would eventually get so big

It all started with a simple access to information request. Daniel Leblanc, a reporter for The Globe and Mail's Parliamentary bureau, said he had heard about the cost of an RCMP hot air balloon rental and wanted to find out more. He made requests to the Public Works Department and to the RCMP and...

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