CP: Psst... Prime Minister Harper's office wins dubious CAJ secrecy award

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EDMONTON — When it comes to secrecy, the Canadian Association of Journalists says nobody does it better than the Prime Minister's Office.

Stephen Harper's office was the hands-down winner of the group's "Code of Silence" award for 2007.

CAJ president Mary Agnes Welch says Harper's "white-knuckled death grip on public information" made it the easiest decision ever rendered by its judges.

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Welch says if journalists can't get basic information from the federal government, Canadians can't hold the government accountable.

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