By Steve Arnold
The Harper government is moving to keep the lid on the terms of its secret deal to drop a lawsuit against U.S. Steel.
Acting for Industry Canada, the federal attorney general has filed legal documents opposing a motion by the city, the United Steelworkers and retirees seeking release of the full text of the 2011 deal.
The federal document says nothing about why the government wants to keep terms of the deal from the public. One potential issue may be a government desire to avoid a precedent that would allow the courts to order the release of information private companies want to keep private.
“It would be against the law for us to release this information without the agreement of the company,” said Industry Canada spokesperson Jake Enwright. “On our own the government cannot make these commitments public.
“U.S. Steel Canada is a private company that can release this information at any time it wants,” he added.
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