(Canada Chief of Defence Staff) Gen. Wayne Eyre continues the battle to keep secret his speech on openness and transparency

Ottawa Citizen ^ | June 25, 2024 | David Pugliese

[Loyalist]

Just a week after the country’s top soldier told parliamentarians the military must be more open with Canadians, his organization broke the law by refusing to release a copy of a speech he presented in public.

At issue is an ongoing attempt by this newspaper to obtain a written copy of a March 7 speech that Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Wayne Eyre gave calling for increased openness and transparency. Typically, the Canadian Forces posts copies of such public speeches on its website and issues the material to news outlets. But Eyre’s office declined to do that and insisted this newspaper use the federal government’s Access to Information law to obtain a copy of the speech delivered at an Ottawa conference. That was done April 8, but the Canadian Forces continues to refuse to provide the material and has now violated the federal law requiring it to release the records within 30 days.

This newspaper has filed a complaint with the Information Commissioner of Canada over the military’s decision to refuse to release the records about Eyre’s speech on openness, but an investigation could take years.

Ken Rubin, a researcher and advocate for transparency in government, says the incident is a symptom of an increasingly secretive military and Liberal government, with no consequences for violating the access to information law.

“(General) Eyre needs to go back to ‘democracy boot camp,'” Rubin said. “You have to wonder, if they are refusing to produce a written copy of a speech delivered in public, then what else is being hidden?”

Eyre declined to comment or explain why he and his office continued to withhold the speech.

[Loyalist]

Open secret?

[avital2]

sent the headline to Gutfeld

[MinorityRepublican]

Anita Anand, From 2021 to 2023, while serving as minister of national defence, Anand led Canada's efforts to provide military aid to Ukraine during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, sought to reform the culture in the Canadian Armed Forces following a series of sexual misconduct scandals, and made efforts to reform and strengthen Canada's military procurement of warships and airplanes, as well as re-establishing Canada's military status amid broad criticism. She is the first Hindu woman to be elected as a Member of Parliament and the first Hindu to become a Cabinet Minister in Canada.

[fella]

Sounds like a Babylon Bee thing.

[Gay State Conservative]

Or a Three Stooges episode.