Canada’s journos name Harper Conservatives “most secretive”.

By Jymn, on April 29th, 2012

"No Max, that's the CODE of Silence. We're still cool."

You can bet the right wingers will be whining about the ‘liberal media’ again. The Canadian Association of Journalists has awarded the Conservative government with the Code of Silence Award, given to the most secretive government or public-funded agency.

The federal government was named for keeping information out of public hands on files such as the F-35 program, avoiding questions at media events and for restricting both public and media access to contentious information.

Association president Hugo Rodrigues said the Harper government was the overwhelming choice of the CAJ’s 600 members across the country.

“The death grip on information has long frustrated journalists in this country, but it may now be reaching a point where the public at large is not only empathetic, but shares it,” he said.

X-posted at Let Freedom Rain.

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