The federal government is moving to shield “sensitive or potentially injurious information” from disclosure during a court challenge of its decision to return a turbine repaired in Montreal to a Russian energy giant.
In an application to the Federal Court, the attorney general seeks confirmation that certain information flagged by the Justice Department must not be disclosed in the turbine legal proceedings.
In early July, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly issued a permit to Siemens Energy Canada authorizing it to service turbines used by Russian state-owned gas company Gazprom, despite sanctions against Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine.
Ukraine has criticized the Canadian government for agreeing to a request from Germany to exempt Siemens from the sanctions so it could return a turbine for use in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline that supplies natural gas to Germany….