Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt

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Aboriginal Affairs, minister's office silent on media line that 'lied' about privacy watchdog's response to spying allegation

The deputy minister and minister’s office of Aboriginal Affairs were involved in crafting media lines around an internal investigation into allegations federal officials spied on a First Nations children’s advocate, internal documents show, yet both continue to hold their silence over who authorized a misleading statement claiming the privacy watchdog had no interest in opening an investigation.