The package of documents released to The Globe consists of 121 pages, of which more than 30 are fully redacted
In early 2018, The Globe began an investigation of EDC, which included filing access-to-information requests to understand the agency’s inner workings and due diligence. One of those access-to-information requests, filed April 6, 2018, was for any briefing materials to the chief executive of EDC that reference the Gupta family of South Africa from Jan. 1, 2014, onward.
The Globe also argued that Section 24 of the Export Development Act allowed for documents to be released with the permission of the clients, and EDC made no attempt to contact the Guptas to seek permission. The package of documents released to The Globe consisted of 121 pages, of which more than 30 were fully redacted. The remaining pages are e-mails between then-chief executive Benoit Daignault and other senior staff concerning Globe stories about EDC, with subject lines such as “Today’s globe article re Gupta’s and EDC .”
The contents of the various e-mails are largely redacted under Access to Information Act exemptions that cover: discussions between government employees; “trade secrets” of EDC; and the privileged information of its clients. Prof. Malone said that was much higher than other government departments that have reputations for secrecy such as the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, which fully redacted 13 per cent of its requests last year, or the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, which fully redacted 6 per cent of requests.
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