Canada's Info Commissioner Slams DND for Access Denial

0:00Canada's Information Commissioner just dropped two sharp rulings slamming the Department of National Defense for dodging access to information. Request from Global News. Filed on October 20th, 2025, these were for briefing binders on Defense Minister David McGinty's meetings with German and Norwegian counterparts tied to a multi-billion dollar submarine contract and his August trip with the Prime Minister to Ukraine, Poland and Latvia. The big hold-up came from the Office of Assistant Deputy Minister for Policy, run by Scott Miller, which straight up ignored requests from D&D's own. Access team. Other parts of the department, like the Vice Chief of Defense staff, handled their parts on time, but this bottleneck meant no responses within the required 30 days. Commissioner Caroline Mayner called it completely unacceptable. Part of D&D's ongoing pattern of delays she highlighted in her recent annual report, the Parliament. She urged McGinty to whip his officials and military into shape on their duty to share

1:04info with Canadians promptly. D&D's deemed to have refused the records, which could lead to court, but Deputy Minister Christian Fox stepped up, agreeing to release them within. 30 days per Mayner's recommendations, McGinty's office hasn't commented yet. This pushes transparency front and center for defense dealings, especially with big contracts and international trips in playwatch for those binders. To shed light soon. That's your update from Vancouver News today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with The Story.