Quebec’s minister responsible for relations with Canada is defending her decision to erase text messages between herself and her federal counterpart, Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc.
Sonia LeBel, who is also the chair of Quebec’s Treasury Board, told the legislature she didn’t deliberately delete them as a way to make sure no one would see them.
The disappearance of all LeBel’s text messages with LeBlanc over the past four years was first reported by Radio-Canada, which said texting was the pair’s primary method of communication.
Quebec is trying to be granted more powers from Ottawa, particularly over immigration, and opposition parties in the province say the content of text messages between LeBel and LeBlanc likely touched on sensitive issues….