LIBERAL SECRETS ABOUT COVID CONTRACTS

   The federal government cited a national security exemption (NSE) to withhold details of a “vast majority” of its COVID-19 related contracts struck at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.
    The exemption expedited the weeks-long procurement process — and keeps details of domestic and international contracts, including costs and supplier information, secret.
   A memo approved in late May, obtained by HuffPost Canada through an access to information request, recommended the deputy minister of Public Services and Procurement Canada authorize “the 2019-2020 Q4 proactive disclosure of contracts not include those that are COVID-related.”