A Quebec shipyard accused of being on the receiving end of leaks in the criminal case involving Vice-Admiral Mark Norman was mistakenly given a series of secret cabinet documents last summer, CBC News has learned. Both the mistake at Treasury Board and the controversy at DND point to an Access to Information system that is badly in need of repair, said one expert. "The information system is leaky, broken and inefficient," said Sean Holman, an assistant professor at Mount Royal University in Calgary who is writing a book on freedom of information law. "The rules of the system still exist," he added — and they prohibit releasing cabinet confidences. Holman said there's irony in how the federal Access to Information system has evolved.

Source: CBC News February 05, 2019 09:00 UTC