Conservatives accused of using Iacobucci as a ‘shield’ on Afghan documents

'The government has rented Mr. Iacobucci's credibility,' says Grit MP Derek Lee.

The Conservative government's decision to table 2,500 pages of heavily censored documents about Afghan detainees in the House of Commons suggests it is using retired Supreme Court of Canada judge Frank Iacobucci as a "shield" to duck accountability to Parliament, opposition MPs say.

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