Borys Wrzesnewskyj at the Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics Committee

On May 27th, 2009. See this statement in context.

May 27th, 2009 / 3:40 p.m.

Liberal

Borys Wrzesnewskyj Liberal Etobicoke Centre, ON

I'll move on to recommendation 8 and cabinet confidences. It appeared that the minister was reluctant on this particular recommendation.

Of all the Westminster-style parliaments around the world, I understand that only Canada and South Africa have a policy of not allowing access for what they label as cabinet confidences. Has there been an issue, for instance, in the mother of parliaments in the U.K. with allowing that sort of access, and what sorts of benefits have been provided by providing that sort of access?

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