Nova Scotia's information and privacy commissioner is recommending the province's Health Department release — in full — documents it has withheld from CBC News for almost five years in a landmark lawsuit launched by a Halifax cardiologist. Parts of disclosure 'non-responsive'The Health Department provided CBC News with two pages in December 2016, both almost entirely redacted. Tricia Ralph is Nova Scotia's information and privacy commissioner. The commissioner also found that the department was not authorized to withhold information on the basis that it was "non-responsive." In a statement to CBC, the Health Department said it is reviewing the report.

Source: CBC News August 19, 2021 15:45 UTC