Commissioner accepts argument that releasing names could damage relations with a foreign power

A secret list of hundreds of alleged Nazi war criminals welcomed by Canada after the Second World War, drawn up 40 years ago, should remain secret, the information watchdog ruled Friday.

The list of more than 700 suspected Nazi war criminals who settled in Canada has remained unpublished since it was drawn up as part of an official inquiry in 1986.

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  • fourish
    201·
    6 days ago

    Presumably to protect their families? That might be the only acceptable reason. Especially if only alleged rather than proven.

    • twopi@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      41·
      6 days ago

      All charges are alleged, they are proven in court. Not bringing them to court keeps their charges alleged.

      They were evading the courts pure and simple.