B.C. gov’t doesn’t have to disclose cost of years fighting Cambie Surgeries in court

VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – The province doesn’t have to say how much it’s spending to fight a private medical clinic’s constitutional challenge, according to a decision by the B.C. courts.

The Canadian Constitution Foundation asked the provincial government to release how much it has spent on legal fees fighting Cambie Surgeries Corporation’s constitutional challenge, but a judge ruled doing so could give out private solicitor-client information.

CCF head Joanna Baron disagrees.

“The province’s main argument against our motion was that we were seeking to embarrass them, which of course we weren’t but obviously the province is embarrassed at the amount of taxpayers’ money they’ve spent on this case,” she says. “The notion that this could lead to a violation of solicitor-client privilege, I find just very unreasonable.”

She says the group only wants a dollar figure, not details, but it is still figuring out if it will appeal.

The province and Cambie Surgeries have been in court for a decade.

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