OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he wants the damaging leaks of confidential information to stop but offered no promise of an investigation into the disclosure of details around a possible appointment to the Supreme Court of Canada.

Trudeau’s government has been on the defensive for more than a month after revelations — later confirmed by committee testimony — that the prime minister and top officials held repeated discussions with former Jody Wilson-Raybould to intervene in the criminal case against SNC-Lavalin.

Since the story first broke in early February about tensions between Trudeau’s office and Wilson-Raybound on the SNC-Lavalin file, there have been other leaks about cabinet discussions and Wilson-Raybould’s role as justice minister.

And this week, CTV and Canadian Press reported confidential details of Wilson-Raybould’s pick for the Supreme Court, a choice of judge that was ultimately rebuffed by Trudeau.

The details in those stories were condemned by legal associations, who said such disclosures could undermine the integrity of the judicial selection process. Wilson-Raybould herself denied she was the source and called for an investigation.

Trudeau on Thursday voiced frustration with how information that was leaking out and denied that his office had any role.

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“We condemn the number of leaks that have happened recently of confidential information that has been let out over the past weeks. I certainly would wish that people who have access to confidential information would keep it confidential,” Trudeau said during a visit to Halifax.

But as he did earlier in the week, the prime minister again refused to comment whether he would seek an investigation into the leak around the judicial selection, saying that the people should have faith in the “merit-based independent process” to select judges for the Supreme Court.

“We condemn it, as has been said. This was not something that my office had any part in leaking. This is something that degrades people’s confidence in the independence of the judicial system. They need to know that they can still very much have confidence in our system,” he said.

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