Three UN rapporteurs investigated allegations the Harper government retaliated against a First Nation children’s advocate for launching a human rights complaints against Ottawa.
Earlier this year Canada’s privacy commissioner ordered the Departments of Justice and Aboriginal Affairs to stop monitoring Cindy Blackstock’s social media sites.
The lawyer for a First Nations children’s advocate plans to ask the Human Rights Tribunal to order the federal government to cease surveillance on his client.
The federal government has been accused of violating the privacy of First Nation child welfare advocate Cindy Blackstock.
APTN National News On a typical humid morning in Ottawa, Cindy Blackstock sits on the…
APTN National News The federal government has been accused of knowingly withholding key pieces of…
The deputy minister and minister’s office of Aboriginal Affairs were involved in crafting media lines around an internal investigation into allegations federal officials spied on a First Nations children’s advocate, internal documents show, yet both continue to hold their silence over who authorized a misleading statement claiming the privacy watchdog had no interest in opening an investigation.
Opposition MPs pounced on the Harper government following findings by the Office of Privacy Commissioner that Aboriginal Affairs and Justice Canada officials spied on First Nations children’s advocate Cindy Blackstock.
The Privacy Commissioner has ordered the federal government to stop monitoring Cindy Blackstock.
