CTV News reports that a major Quebec labour union has lost its bid to prevent the provincial corruption inquiry from hearing wiretap conversations involving its senior leadership. The taped conversations of the FTQ union were taken by police during an investigation. The inquiry will only use those parts of the conversations related to “professional functions” and will not focus on individuals’ personal lives. “We must find a balance between private interests, the right to respect for privacy and the public interest in the search for truth and public information related to the mandate of the inquiry,” the commission wrote in its ruling.
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