What is the current state of the law on disclosure of witness statements?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from Lavigne v. Canada (Commissioner of Official Languages), 1998 CanLII 8632 (FC):
According to the intervenor, the public interest in ensuring fairness to all involved in an investigation far outweighs any prejudice that could result from the disclosure of witness statements11. The intervenor quotes as follows my colleague Muldoon J. in Quackenbush v. Canada (Minister of Agriculture)12 "Where a person's livelihood and career stand in the balance one ought not to be so tender about identifying his accusers that they are reduced to phantoms".
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