Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister's Office recently warned political staff to stop meddling in access to information requests.
Two weeks later, the office of the Minister of Human Resources obstructed an information request about a $5 million advertising campaign during the Olympics. The media had a simple question. Department officials had the answer. The minister's office intervened and hid the truth.
Is the minister embarrassed by the waste of taxpayers' money, or does she not believe that Canadians deserve the truth?