NOT PROTECTED BY CABINET CONFIDENTIALITY

 Alberta’s chief medical officer of health can’t claim cabinet confidentiality to prevent divulging some of her closed-door recommendations on COVID-19 restrictions, a judge has ruled.

That ruling came amid a court proceeding whose plaintiffs are arguing Alberta’s pandemic public health orders overseen by Dr. Deena Hinshaw violated constitutional rights.

In a decision handed down Tuesday, the answers to three questions posed by Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Barbara Romaine regarding Hinshaw’s discussions with government leaders must be made public, contrary to the defence’s argument they’re protected by cabinet immunity.