FINTRAC redacted details for $26.7-million in contracts since 2021, as watchdog warns ‘there is no oversight’ over disclosures

'Contracting information should be transparent by default, with only limited' exceptions, says Procurement Ombud Alexander Jeglic, while ex-Privy Council clerk Michael Wernick questions the 'flimsy' rationale that disclosing supplier names in 100 contracts could compromise FINTRAC's work.
Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada says it can redact contracts due to regulations under the government's Information Act.

Canada's financial crimes agency wiped out the supplier names in 100 contracts worth more than $26.7-million over the last five years—the only government agency to do so without providing justification—raising questions about the organization's compliance with government...

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