Send this page to someone via emailThe CBC’s fight to see mandate letters for Ontario cabinet ministers goes to “the very core” of what freedom-of-information regimes are designed to foster, a lawyer for the public broadcaster told the country’s top court Tuesday. These elements are an informed public, accountable government and, ultimately, the democratic process, Justin Safayeni argued in the Supreme Court of Canada. Story continues below advertisementA seven-member panel of the Supreme Court reserved judgment in the case until a later date after hearing from the parties and several interveners. A divisional court dismissed the attorney general’s application for judicial review, and the Ontario Court of Appeal upheld the decision. That prompted Ontario to take its case to the Supreme Court.
