TORONTO - A Toronto woman has launched a lawsuit in Federal Court in an effort to get the auditor general's report on G8 spending released before next week's election.
Kathleen Trotter, who is a member of the global activist group Avaaz, is seeking the final version of Sheila Fraser's report on the G8 Infrastructure Fund. Fraser's office has said it can't be released because Parliament isn't sitting.
Trotter's lawyer Frank Addario is hoping the court will hear the case this week.
A draft copy of the report obtained earlier this month by The Canadian Press said the government misinformed Parliament to win approval for a $50-million G8 fund that lavished money on Industry Minister Tony Clement's riding.
Addario says Canadians have a right to know what their government has been doing before they vote in Monday's election.
Trotter, a fitness trainer who says she hasn't decided how she'll vote, wants to see the report before making her decision.
Avaaz says its petition calling for the report's release has garnered 80,000 signatures.
The Conservatives, Liberals, NDP and Bloc Quebecois have all said they would like the G8 report released.
Avaaz is best known in Canada for its petition against a licence for Sun TV -- which drew it into a war of words with the new network and accusations that it had a left-wing axe to grind.
