Steel Mills
May 21, 2015
Judge Can’t Reveal US Steel and Canada Agreement
Written by Sandy Williams
US Steel can keep its secrets. Superior Court Justice Herman Wilton-Siegel ruled on Wednesday that the details of the agreement between US Steel and the government of Canada cannot be released by the court—only by the Ministry of Industry. And, so far, neither the Ministry nor US Steel is willing to reveal the contents of the “secret agreement,” much to the frustration of USW workers and pensioners at US Steel Canada and the City of Hamilton.
Superior Court Justice Herman Wilton-Siegel called the desire of the parties to have the agreement disclosed “reasonable and understandable” but wrote, “In the absences of consent by or enforcement proceedings brought by Industry Canada they are unable to obtain such information.”
