Info watchdog, Defence Minister Blair keep clashing in court cases over access law compliance

Canada's information watchdog is resorting to ‘an extraordinary remedy’ before the federal bench to force Defence Minister Bill Blair to make his department follow the law and release records.

Defence Minister Bill Blair has been subject to four federal court cases ordering compliance with Information Commissioner Caroline Maynard's orders related to the release of information. Two of the cases have been discontinued after DND turned over requested data.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS

June 19, 2024

Defence Minister Bill Blair is asking the courts to quash two information commissioner orders against Canada’s cyber spy agency to release records that are now nearly a year late. The commissioner is also before the federal bench demanding the top defence official comply w...

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