{"id":560523,"date":"2026-03-25T20:59:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T20:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/560523\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T20:59:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T20:59:10","slug":"quebec-superior-court-rebukes-feds-for-trying-to-block-release-of-court-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/560523\/","title":{"rendered":"Quebec Superior Court rebukes feds for trying to block release of court decision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Quebec Superior Court has ruled that it was inappropriate for the federal government to try to block publication of a court ruling in a case that has been shrouded in secrecy.<\/p>\n<p>The redacted ruling involved a former police informant whose identity is protected.<\/p>\n<p>The former informant is suing the government and several officers for damages.<\/p>\n<p>This is the second time a court has reached this conclusion.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, the Quebec Court of Appeal issued a rebuke against the federal government over what has come to be known as the secret trial.<\/p>\n<p>A lawyer for a coalition of media outlets, including The Canadian Press, says the new ruling highlights the importance of ensuring courts are open and transparent.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 25, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Quebec Superior Court has ruled that it was inappropriate for the federal government to try to block&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":560524,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-560523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560523\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/560524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}