I dont often comment upon the actions of lower levels of government here but make no mistake that such proceeding are carried out in an open and accountable democratic way is just as important as it is at Provincial and Federal levels. In his recent annual report Ontario ombudsman André
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Democracy Under Fire: A Week of Unaccountability
I make no effort in these pages to opinionate on things as they happen, even when limited to just attacks upon democracy it would be more than a full time job, I do try and shed some light upon such issues after the fact and highlight areas where future actions
Continue readingDemocracy Under Fire: Pro-rogue – In favor of – unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable?
I don’t often write about the Provincial government for two reasons:- 1) there is enough anti democratic stuff going on at the federal level to keep me and a truck load of scribes employed full time just keeping up. 2) In comparison the Ontario legislature until recently has been relatively
Continue readingDemocracy Under Fire: Harper, champion of Democracy….. NOT!
With great fanfare, an international organization has announced it is honouring Stephen Harper as its World Statesman of the Year for his work as a “champion of democracy, freedom and human rights.” It is of course a pure coincidence that this ‘award’ is from an organization founded by a Rabbi
Continue readingDemocracy Under Fire: In Search of Heroes
I am a little rushed this week an so will simply republish this article by Elizabeth May who is far better qualified to speak about such matters than I. On Wednesday, June 13th, just after Question Period and before the tabling of amendments to the Omnibus Budget Bill C-38, a
Continue readingDemocracy Under Fire: Election Fraud Case Further Delayed.
In the ongoing court case brought by Council of Canadians challenging the legitimacy of seven particular ridings election results, RMG the company that worked for the Conservatives is now claiming ‘we did not do it’ despite compelling information to the contrary. The Conservatives them selves are of course making concerted
Continue readingDemocracy Under Fire: This is NOT Democracy
The Opposition pushback over Bill C-38 — driven in part by the Green Party caucus of one, Elizabeth May — is about far more than political partisanship. It’s about whether Parliament can prevent being pushed into complete irrelevance by a government which abuses its power. Andrew Coyne, June 14 2012.
Continue readingDemocracy Under Fire: You wont recognize Canada
You wont recognize Canada or Parliament by the time Mr Harper and his oligarchical regime is done, that’s not news but is now reality. What I fear most is that we will become a democracy in name only and that any semblance of us being a ‘Representative Democracy’ will just
Continue readingDemocracy Under Fire: How can members represent their constituents?
We here, along with a number of other concerned Canadians have been pointing out the escalating decline of our democratic institutions, our access to accurate and timely information, the increasingly partisan rhetoric and actions that signals that Canadian Democracy is in real trouble for some time now. Whilst no party,
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