All institutions have a tendency to become complacent and self-serving over time. This kind of scrutiny and pressure from outside is necessary to interfere with that tendency.

It would not embarrass the government. They're lying and they know it. People who let the Nazis into Canada have long since retired or died. But their children and grandchildren are still around, as are the new generation of racists. It's these latter groups that dislike any kind of transparency and justice. Embarrassment has nothing to do with it.

Sunlight is the best disinfectant