No List of names on South Korean Trade Trip available . . ?

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Can You Identify These Participants of South Korean Trade Trip?

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The Tyee asked for a list of names, the feds sent us this photo.

By Jeremy J. Nuttall, February 21, 2015 TheTyee.ca

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On Friday, The Tyee sent an email to Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada asking why it had not replied to the messages or produced the list.

Paid own way

Department spokesperson Caitlin Workman replied that all the business people on the trip paid their own way. However, she did not supply a complete list of the companies that went.

Instead Workman suggested looking at a group photo of those who went.
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''Please find a photo of the more than 100 participants of the historic trade mission,'' replied Workman. ''As well as our photo release highlighting successful outcomes for Canadian businesses who took part in the historic trade mission.''

She did not reply to a follow up question by The Tyee's deadline Friday, again asking why there was no list.

The government's releases of the trip mentioned a handful of Canadian companies, including Vancouver's Canaan Group, Ontario's inBay Technologies and Quebec-based Pharmascience.

The remaining 12 government releases put out over eight days feature Fast shaking hands and doing other activities in South Korea. Videos of the trip narrated by Fast and a larger array of photos were also available.

Mount Royal University journalism professor and former government public relations worker Sean Holman said the response is part of a growing trend of ''extreme information control'' practised by governments across Canada.

''The attitude that most governments adopt is one of 'father's knows best,' '' Holman said. ''They'll let the public -- and this includes journalists -- know about the information they want the public to know and not anything more than that.''