Canada’s system protecting cabinet secrecy is “excessive” in scope, lacks meaningful oversight and has created a “legal black hole” that prevents the courts from probing possible abuse of powers, according to expert Yan Campagnolo, who wrote a book on the subject, Behind Closed Doors: The Law and Politics of Cabinet Secrecy.
Despite the last Conservative and current Liberal government campaigning into power on promises of openness and transparency, a resistance persists within the executive branch to change the laws despite what Campagnolo said he sees as broad consensus from parliamentary committees and successive information commissioners.
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