Department of Justice Can Hide Legal Expenditures, Citing Solicitor-Client Privilege

Department of Justice Can Hide Legal Expenditures, Citing Solicitor-Client Privilege
A courtroom at the Edmonton Law Courts building, in Edmonton, on June 28, 2019. Jason Franson/The Canadian Press
Amanda Brown
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The Office of the Information Commissioner stated July 25 that the Department of Justice has the option to withhold its litigation costs from taxpayers by invoking “solicitor-client privilege.”

Members of Parliament have demanded that all expenditures and expenses incurred by federal lawyers and the justice department be disclosed, according to Blacklock’s Reporter.