CBC unwillingly gives up documents; sealing some

OTTAWA – The CBC has complied with an order by the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics to provide documents requested under Access to Information (ATI) by Quebecor Media and the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. But the public broadcaster’s president, Hubert Lacroix, told an audience at the National Press Gallery Monday that the documents were given under protest, and some were sealed. Lacroix later told reporters that the decision on whether to open the sealed documents is in the committee’s hands. He said it’s the first time the committee has ordered the public broadcaster to release documents that...