As I recall, I think you've referred to what's known as the Blood Tribe case. The Blood Tribe case is a case that went to the Supreme Court, but it flowed from PIPEDA, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act. Quite frankly, it doesn't apply here. The language in PIPEDA and the Access to Information Act is very different. My statute states “notwithstanding any other act or...”, I forget exactly whether it's privilege or convention. We have never had an issue--well, we've had issues, but we have access to solicitor-client privilege documents for review. They may not agree to release them, and if they're being withheld, we have access to them, we see them, and we can judge whether they're being withheld properly or not and can challenge that.
It is my view--and I'm not a lawyer, but I'm advised by some very good lawyers, and I was sitting in the courtroom when the Supreme Court heard the Blood Tribe case--that it does not apply to access to information federally.