Informal Request for ATI Records Previously Released

Organization: Privy Council Office

Year: 2024

Month: June

Request Number: A-2023-01051

Request Summary: Please provide all documents, memoranda, e-mails, correspondence, briefing notes, text messages, messages on Microsoft Teams or any other messaging platform, and any other records, including drafts, from July 5, 2023, to the present, respecting allegations of political interference with the Attorney General’s functions in respect of the prosecution of SNC-Lavalin by the Prime Minister and employees of the Prime Minister’s Office, including (1) Michael Barrett’s October 16, 2023, notice of motion at the House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics proposing a study respecting the RCMP’s decision not to pursue a criminal investigation; (2) Commissioner Michael Duheme and Staff Sergeant Frédéric Pincince’s October 23, 2023, appearances at the Ethics Committee; (3) Commr. Duheme’s October 30, 2023, appearance at the House Standing Committee on Official Languages; (4) the motion adopted by the Ethics Committee on October 30, 2023, concerning a study respecting the RCMP’s decision not to pursue a criminal investigation; (5) Edward Livingstone’s October 31, 2023, appearance at the House Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights; (6) the motion adopted by the Ethics Committee on November 22, 2023, inviting Commr. Duheme and S/Sgt. Pincince to appear; (7) Commr. Duheme and S/Sgt. Pincince’s scheduled appearances before the Ethics Committee on December 11, 2023; and (8) Commr. Duheme and S/Sgt. Pincince’s appearances before the Ethics Committee on February 27, 2024, including their undertakings to provide documents and follow-up answers.

Disposition: Disclosed in part

Number of pages: 77

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