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Ottawa was given a one-year deadline to provide its response to the POEC report released Feb. 18, 2023 but missed the deadline, which was not legally binding

Ottawa Rejects Commission’s Recommendation to Disclose Emergencies Act Documents



Ottawa has rejected a Public Order Emergency Commission recommendation to disclose documents pertaining to potential future usage of the Emergencies Act, saying that cabinet confidentiality outweighs the public interest.

“The Supreme Court of Canada has recognized that the constitutional convention of cabinet confidentiality is essential to good government as it protects the public’s interest in ensuring that the executive branch of government can conduct its internal business in private,” the federal government said in its March 6 response to the Public Order Emergency Commission (POEC). ---More...


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