Edmonton Sun comment: Ask all you like

[tuvor]

Just don't expect answers under Harper's Accountability Act

One of the cornerstones of Stephen Harper's successful 2006 election campaign was a promise to enact legislation that would usher in a "new era of openness and accountability in government."

Harper kept his word -- the Accountability Act was the first piece of draft legislation presented by the newly elected Tory government, and a new era of openness it certainly has been.

Three months after the Conservatives were sworn in, John Reid, who was then information commissioner and watchdog of government secrecy, was so moved by the draft Accountability Act that he issued a special "emergency report" to Parliament.

"What the government now proposes will reduce the amount of information available to the public, weaken the oversight role of the information commissioner, and increase government's ability to cover up wrongdoing, shield itself from embarrassment and control the flow of information to Canadians.

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As a former information official told a Commons committee in 2006: If the sponsorship scandal happened today, there is a good chance the public would never know about it.

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http://www.edmontonsun.com/Comment/2008/06/08/5809251-sun.html

[TaffyMoon]

1. GIHTP

god i hate these people

[JohnyCanuck]

2. Sounds like Harper is just another (gasp) liar.

Doesn't he know that one day all liars are going to be cast into the lake of fire? (Revelation 21:8)