Mr. J. Alan Leadbeater at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On June 19th, 2006. See this statement in context.

June 19th, 2006 / 6:05 p.m.

Deputy Information Commissioner, Office of the Information Commissioner of Canada

I can tell you, as I did before Bill C-2, that I spoke to many journalists, including that journalist, that there was no advance copy of the report given to any journalist and that there were no portions of the report quoted to any journalist.

I don't know if he's quoting a source—whether he's saying it was me or not—but I did talk to the journalist. The only advance copy of that report that was given out to anyone was to Minister Baird.

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