Excessive secrecy for Supreme Court-related records part of growing black hole engulfing access

The multi-decade information embargoes are a supreme slap in the public's face to be unable to get such records in our lifetimes.
The Supreme Court of Canada is pictured on Aug. 12. Our right to information is greatly diminished when governments cave and grant special exclusion privileges to judges, the prime minister, premiers, and some senior officials, writes Ken Rubin.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Opinion
BY KEN RUBIN
September 9, 2026

Some nine years ago, the Supreme Court of Canada entered into a sweetheart deal with Library and Archives Canada to keep the public from having the court’s records for at least 50 years.

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