In a Federal Court case that raises questions about the preservation of politicians’ public records, former justice minister David Lametti has offered to transfer his once-deactivated X account to Canada’s official archives.
Lametti, who served as attorney general between January 2019 and last summer’s cabinet shuffle, agreed to a multi-step undertaking after Rebel News and its founder Ezra Levant took him to court for deactivating his account on X, formally known as Twitter.
Lametti, who left federal politics at the end of last month, maintained an account to communicate with the public. His account had a grey check mark, meaning his account had been confirmed as representing