Solicitor-Client Privilege v. Parliamentary Privilege

There is apparently some disagreement over a rather crucial point as the parties near the deadline for a final agreement on Afghan detainee documents.

The Tory-authored proposal, obtained by CTV News, asks the other parties to agree that records “subject to solicitor-client privilege” are a class of “information that the Parliament of Canada has long recognized [is] not necessary or appropriate for the purpose of holding the government to account.”

... One senior MP familiar with negotiations said all opposition parties have rejected seven paragraphs of preamble the Tories want to insert in the document deal – a section that includes the proposed exemption.