[Canadian] Top court says PM, ministers not subject to info law

Source: CBC.ca

The public does not have a right to access all documents in the offices of cabinet ministers or the prime minister, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday in a unanimous decision.

The top court upheld a Federal Court of Appeal decision, and sided with the federal government in a decade-old legal battle with the information commissioner.

Had the federal government lost its case Friday, it could have vastly expanded the scope of Canada's access-to-information law and potentially have allowed Canadians to get a closer look at the inner workings of the Prime Minister's Office and ministers' offices, including who they meet with on a daily basis.



Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2011/05/13/supreme-court.html

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I'm sure the timing of this has absolutely nothing to do with Stephen Dubya Harper finally getting a majority in the parliament.
:rofl:

It's just a shadow of its former self. So sad.

Canada's becoming a shadow of US!

It will be fascinating to watch us unite
and lose our constitutions and rights in one big sweep

will the people stand for it

guess time will tell

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..and getting a decision like this made this early into his 'majority' government (%30-something of the vote does NOT represent the majority of Canadians!) doens't bode well for the rest of us.

He's arrogant, probably doesn't know a thing about technology other than 'point n' click', & the more heavy handed he gets the more eyes will be on him.

What doesn't get leaked by his own stupidity (& possibly his own cabinet) will found out by other 'hacktivist' organizations.

Nothing to worry about!

3 of the 9 are from Ontario and 3 from Quebec. Of the 6 Chretien/Martin appointees, 3 come up on mandatory retirement during Harper's mandate. Then we'll really see a swing to the right.