Federal officials also provided to Irving personal information about the journalist asking questions. Shortly after, Irving threatened Postmedia with a lawsuit if any defamatory article was published, even though no article about weld issues had originally been planned. The documents provide an inside view on how Procurement Canada reacted to the initial questions about problems with welds. While Procurement Canada didn’t respond to Postmedia’s questions, the DND did confirm there were minor issues with welds on the new ships. In that incident, the office of Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains alerted the Irvings that the newspaper was asking questions.

Source: National Post July 07, 2019 20:26 UTC