Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister's wife was sent sensitive documents — including legal opinions and budget papers — on multiple occasions, according to freedom-of-information records obtained by CBC News. Policy gap has been 'rectified': premier's officeThe premier's office declined a request for an interview with Brian Pallister on the subject. In that case, Jonathan Scarth, the premier's principal secretary, forwarded a 10-page legal opinion to Esther Pallister's email. "Please find attached three announcement proposals from Brian," Esther Pallister wrote on Aug. 31, 2016, a period where records show the pair were in Costa Rica. Esther replies to the email, sent Dec. 19, 2016, when Pallister was in Costa Rica, asking them to call the premier from her cellphone.

Source: CBC News August 02, 2017 09:56 UTC