Sensitive Documents Stolen From Bank Of Canada Governor Mark Carney’s Car

The Bank of Canada is reviewing its security procedures after sensitive documents were stolen from governor Mark Carney’s car earlier this month.

Bank spokesman Jeremy Harrison says the documents didn’t contain any “market moving” information and didn’t have Government of Canada security classification.

But he says the documents, which included staff reports and briefing notes, did contain internal Bank of Canada security classification.

The locked car was unoccupied when someone smashed a window and grabbed a bag containing the documents and a few of the governor’s “personal effects” on Nov. 1.

The RCMP’s Integrated National Security Enforcement Team has since located the bag but won’t say if any arrests have been made.

Cpl. Luc Thibault says the investigation is ongoing and police still have the bag in their possession.

The governor was in a meeting when the bag was stolen. An official bank driver was meant to be watching over the vehicle but Harrison couldn’t say where the driver was at the time of the theft.

He added that the incident seemed to be a first.

“To the best of my knowledge I have no other recollection of any other breaches of official vehicles,” he said.

The Bank of Canada is in charge of the country’s monetary policy and tightly controls the information it releases.

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