This week, CBC/Radio-Canada lawyers went to court in Montreal to plead that their Crown corporation not be subject to the Access to Information Act (AIA) like all other federal institutions.Hang on... it gets better...
The CBC has been bound by the AIA since 2007. However, it systematically applies a legal provision to reject requests for information arguing that these jeopardize its journalistic, creative or programming activities.
The Office of the Information Commissioner challenges this interpretation and wants to see the documents requested before judging if the loophole applies. The CBC refuses.
What this means is taxpayers are paying lawyers of both sides as the case goes before a judge.Only in Canada.
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RELATED: Trust me...
...I'm a professional journalist.
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LAST WORD: Sweet baby jebus, no wonder...
...the CBC doesn't want any of their dirty linen aired in public...
-- WINNIPEG -- The next time the CBC gets a phone call from a repeat, violent refugee offender who's been deported to Somalia and who claims he's being held captive at an airport by armed extremists, they'll probably think twice before running a story about it.
The CBC ran two days of reports based solely on the word of a slimeball, violent criminal who -- had the CBC done its homework -- would have known is a perpetual con man and a master at manipulation.