Secret exchanges between Elections Canada, political parties, MPs, candidates may be open under FAA: Kingsley

And Bill C-2 will transfer the prosecution powers of elections offences from Commissioner of Elections Canada to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions

The public could have access to now-secret exchanges between Elections Canada, political parties, MPs, candidates and Senators under the Federal Accountability Act, retroactively, but Canada's Chief Electoral Officer is urging Parliament to prevent that access without the consent of a judge.

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