"Last August, a 131-page document in an envelope marked "Protected B" was found by a passerby on a street in Ottawa's Kanata area and given to the CBC.
The papers provide a risk assessment of an Environment Canada enforcement database that tracks polluters and law-breakers and the steps taken to enforce environmental and wildlife-protection legislation.
At the time, Baird brushed off the lost document saying, "it's neither classified nor secret, and it'll be something that could be available under access to information."
But a CBC request under the Access to Information Act for a copy of the same document found the content heavily redacted.
Ninety-seven of 131 pages had parts deleted that related to the security of the environment database, including its failings and vulnerabilities...
..."Obviously, the minister was downplaying the significance of that document," said Christian Rouillard, an expert on public administration and an associate professor at the University of Ottawa's school of political studies.
"This document is much more valuable or has much greater significance than was suggested by Mr. Baird a few months ago.""
John Baird, the new conservative Minister of Transport, Infrastructure, and Communities (former Environment Minister), definitely lied as the access to information copy of the document had many pages missing and many parts deleted from it. The conservatives need to (1) learn to take care of their documents, (2) admit that they have made errors and make changes when they are caught making mistakes, and (3) they need to find more honest and competent MPs. The incompetence in the Conservative Party of Canada is scary. It's no wonder that Harper wants to muzzle his MPs and be a one-man show!
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