QUESTION PERIOD — Ministry of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs
Security and Storage of Classified Documents
November 26, 2024
Good evening, minister.
Minister, an answer was recently tabled in the Senate to a written question which looked into the mishandling of sensitive documents across your government.
The response from your department:
From January 1, 2020 to date, 279 physical documents were reported as not handled or stored in the office environment in a manner that meets the requirements of the document’s security level. Of these, 102 were Classified and 177 were Protected.
Minister, this was one of the worst records across the entire government. How are you ensuring documents in your department are handled properly?
Thank you for the question, senator.
We are reviewing the processes in order to ensure that documents are handled in a manner that respects the secrecy and security levels of those documents.
Minister, the written answer from your department tabled in the Senate last month also shows that no security clearances were revoked as a result of the mishandling of sensitive documents. Can you tell us why?
Senator, I will get back to you on this.
