In general, I think Mr. Brison spoke very eloquently when he used words like “abuse of power” and “cover-up”, and points out that this precedent is not about the long-gun registry at all. Our independent officer of Parliament, Suzanne Legault, the Information Commissioner, claims this is a “dangerous precedent" for Canadian democracy. She says that the Conservative government has created what she terms a legislative "black hole”, and she is filing a preservation order in the Federal Court against the government and the RCMP to prevent the government from destroying these records, because she has an obligation as an officer of Parliament to enforce our quasi-constitutional Access to Information Act.
This is an Orwellian attempt to do something that may be legal on its face, but is so contrary to the principles and spirit of the rule of law that I've received so many calls and emails from administrative and constitutional lawyers asking what they could possibly be doing, how could they bury this in an omnibus budget bill, and that what's going on here is simply outrageous.