http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/four-years-of-bc-cabinet-e-mails-erased/article1192835/

“… the defence has yet to establish that the material is relevant.”
“I’m not keen on having these individuals [responsible for managing government records] cross-examined…If the documents are not recoverable it doesn’t mean anything unless you [first] establish likely relevance,” she said.
… Justice Bennett

Okay … so delete the evidence and there’s no foul?

“The Corporate Information Management Branch, which provides guidelines for government employees, states that e-mails must be copied to a central document management directory before individuals delete them from their personal files.”

So, we’re not talking about the normal backup-tape repositories (13 months, 1 year) but a separate keep-7-years-for-legal-reasons repository. They’re deliberately confusing the two.

Another reason why, 1st time ever, I voted for a non-conservative party. Campbell and his crew lost my confidence in their integrity and foresight a couple of years ago.

However, computers being what computers are I can understand it.  If  lawyers want all the details a new law is going to have to be drafted and hard copies printed out.

Otherwise, anyone with a powerful magnet in his pocket can cause a lot of damage.

“Poof — it’s gone.”

mid island mike