Alberta Information and Privacy Commissioner Frank Work announced Tuesday that an investigation into former minister Ted Morton's use of a secondary e-mail address found no evidence of wrongdoing, the Edmonton Journal reports. In a press release, Work said that the use of the secondary e-mail address was not an attempt "to circumvent" the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. However, some are criticizing the investigation because Work and his office did not interview Morton directly. Politician Laurie Blakeman said, "I think what we are seeing here is the freedom of information and protection of privacy information legislation in Alberta is, there's no question, slanted toward the government being able to hang onto the information." Work has since said that he didn't see a need to interview Morton.
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