$12.1M Grave Scandal
Episode Stats
Words per Minute
197.19672
Summary
The Privacy Commissioner has ordered the release of thousands of documents related to the search for the remains of the Holy Grail. This is a huge victory for the Black Locks and a victory for truth in this country. The government had held onto the documents for over a year and a half, and now they have to release them.
Transcript
00:00:00.000
I didn't even know about this until I heard the ruling just under a month ago.
00:00:03.420
They had applied for it over a year ago, and they've been delaying about releasing the reports.
00:00:10.620
And then the federal government decided to just seal the records and say nobody can have any of them.
00:00:17.880
The Black Locks appealed it to the Privacy Commissioner and congratulations to her.
00:00:24.240
But she said there is no allowance for you to say you're understaffed and you can't deliver.
00:00:28.660
That's what they tried to say. We're understaffed. We can't manage it.
00:00:31.120
There's too much documents. We don't want to do it.
00:00:33.000
She goes, that's not something in the Information Act. You can't do that.
00:00:36.060
I order you to release these documents forthwith and in any event within 30 days.
00:00:45.100
This was a huge victory. Francis Widowson's talked about it.
00:00:50.920
It was all done. We heard about it because I'm sort of I hear from people who are saying this is an incredible victory.
00:00:56.260
This is a brave privacy commissioner, but I think she's realized this has got to stop.
00:01:03.380
So these documents are coming out the day after tomorrow.
00:01:08.900
Suddenly there are these reports from Chief Casimir where they're now changing their story about whether they're going to excavate,
00:01:16.000
whether it's sacred gown, whether they know if there are any bodies.
00:01:22.020
They have to go to 38 different bands now to get permission to see where the bones should go if they dig them.
00:01:30.180
But their pressure is on now because they have to reveal what's been done.
00:01:36.100
And they've got all these explanations of that they've been having discussions and consultations and da-da-da-da-da.
00:01:42.120
And that they're now saying, well, there may not be sort of hinting, well, we don't know if there are remains.
00:01:48.460
But, you know, they're still holding to it in a way, but it's a very big shift in the tone and words being used about this.
00:02:00.260
And all I can say is I did, I phoned one of the journalists who did it today and I said, I want to give my comments on this.
00:02:08.360
And I said, you know, I've been called every name in the book.
00:02:11.140
And I said, this represents a huge victory for truth in this country.
00:02:18.060
First of all, she should refund the money if they're not going to dig all $12.1 million plus interest back to the Canadian taxpayers.
00:02:25.680
Because of our money and they didn't do it was earmarked for that.
00:02:29.500
They didn't do it or start digging immediately.
00:02:31.780
And it has to be done by the RCMP, not just a group of people.
00:02:36.120
And it should have been roped off for all these years anyway.
00:02:38.540
But leaving that aside, also, I think she should apologize to Canada.