Attorney General Independence: The Forgotten Basford Standard and its National Security Nexus

In February, the political class in Canada was preoccupied by “L’Affaire SNC-Lavalin” – the controversy over whether a prominent Québec company should be prosecuted for alleged overseas bribery, or instead dealt with under a Criminal Code remediation agreement. Lost in this discussion was the way Attorney General Ron Basford described the standards of attorney general independence in a 1978-1979 national security matter. This post revisits this forgotten case.

Law, Criminal Law, toppostCraig ForceseApril 30, 2019Attorney General, Prosecutions, Criminal Law, Security of Information Act, Secrecy

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