Is the Attorney General responsible for protecting the identity of confidential informants?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Re Regina and Atout, 2013 ONSC 1312 (CanLII):
Similarly, in Bisaillon v. Keable, Beetz J., for the unanimous court, suggested, at pp. 97-98, that the law regarding the procedure to be employed to protect the secrecy of the identity of confidential informants was to be undertaken by “the Minister, and the court after him.” [emphasis added]. In other words, subject only to subsequent judicial review, the responsibility of protecting the identity of confidential informants, belongs to the Attorney General.
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