The Race Face letter is addressed to the IBD, which stands for Independent Bike Dealer. It was written by Craig Pollock, the pres of Race Face to his colleagues. This is not a case of not keeping the public in the dark, Cam.
And just cause Canadian Cyclist posted a verbatim copy of the letter addressed to industry - so what? So now we're a tabloid? Post anything that'll bring in hits? If hits is all that matters we should just have a NSFW forum and the site will skyrocket beyond Pinkbike within a week.
There's no problem with keeping people abreast of issues that affect them. However nothing more needs to be discussed other than "Race Face is now available at MEC."
-m