Newspapers Canada, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation and the BC Freedom of Information and Privacy Association are requesting a probe into why the RCMP dropped its investigation into alleged political interference with the release of government information, the Winnipeg Free Press reports. The incident involved a political aide's refusal to disclose a document requested under the Access to Information Act in 2009. Canada's information commissioner later concluded that the political aide's actions were inappropriate. The RCMP was called in but has dropped its investigation. The three groups wrote a letter this week asking for a House of Commons committee investigation into the matter.
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