Unqualified, conflicted governance
Even without his massive conflicts, Is Elon Musk qualified to restructure programs created by elected representatives of the people?
conflict of interest
How Sweet It Is
People of a certain age will remember Jackie Gleason and one of his famous taglines: "How sweet it is." Delivered with an insouciance only Gleason was capable of, it was…
Shameless And Incorrigible
I was going to post about Doug Ford today on another topic today, but then I came across this video, yet another testament to his shameless lack of ethics and…
The Real Joe Manchin
Ever resistant to climate change mitigation measures, ‘Democrat’ Joe Manchin, has succeeded in scuttling most of Joe Biden’s ambitious plans for the environment. It now appears Biden will reduce his…
Enough B.S. (Brian Saunderson)
Yet another week has gone by and our mayor, Brian Saunderson, stubbornly refuses to do the right thing for the people of the town of Collingwood, and resign. He continues…
An Honourable Mayor?
Mayor Brian Saunderson has announced he is running for nomination to the provincial Progressive Conservative party in our riding to be able to stand as the candidate for MPP. According …
Jeffrey’s snout back in the trough
Last Monday The Block snuck a motion into the meeting without putting it on the agenda: to allow Councillor Jeffrey to pursue her personal political goals at taxpayer expense, and…
Madigan’s motion jeopardizes town
On January 15, Councillor Bob Madigan made a motion (seconded, of course, by his puppetmaster, Deputy Mayor Saunderson) to limit the progress of the Indigo/Eden-Oak/McNabb development at the south end…
C’mon Bill. Just Answer The Question
The beleaguered Bill Morneau continues in his refusal to answer questions about whether he sold a whack of shares in his company, Morneau Shappell, before the government introduced changes to…
The Blindness Of Some
Were Bill Morneau the Conservative Minister of Finance, you can rest assured that ‘progressives’ would be howling for his political blood. However, because he is part of Team Trudeau, some…
Trump unhappy because son must give up charity work due to possible conflict of interest
As part of an effort to disappear potential conflicts of interest, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump recently announced he’d dissolve the Donald J Trump Foundation. Meanwhile, the 45th President of the…
What’s next for Nalco? #nlpoli
Just so that everyone is clear on this, it has taken Dwight Ball every single day from May 23 until June 2 to admit that he knew Ed Martin had…
Some business is very private
The eastern media had much to say recently about conflicted journalists. On the west coast, even CKNW’s Sean Leslie, a newsman who knows the subject, weighed in on Even Solomon’s…
More On The Amanda Lang Imbroglio
The Star’s John Semley offers his thoughts on the inadequacy and ineptitude of the CBC’s response to the Amanda Lang scandal: Recommend this Post
A Blog Post Recommendation
I have only one purpose in this brief post, and that is to strongly recommend that you take a look at Dr. Dawg’s latest post. A trenchant and incisive dissection…
The CBC: The Ethical Slide Continues
H/t Canadaland The once-prized principle of journalistic ethics continues its precipitous decline at the CBC. Following last years’s timid management response to conflict of interest allegations against chief correspondent and…
Meanwhile, Back At The Trough
The steps of Peter Mansbridge and Rex Murphy, I imagine, have a bit of a spring today, content in the knowledge that they are no longer outliers in the land…
Problems at clinics should prompt rethink on competitions for hospital services
The media is applauding Health Minister Dr. Eric Hoskins this week for promising greater transparency around private clinic inspections that had previously been kept secret by Toronto Public Health and…
Conservative Sen. Boisvenu told to apologize for banging staffer
The Senate has asked Harper-appointed Conservative Sen. Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu to apologize for violating the “Conflict of Interest Code for Senators” by banging staffer, giving her contracts. The post Conservative Sen.…
Nalcor and Conflict of Interest #nlpoli
Is anyone else having trouble trying to figure out what all the fuss is about Cathy Bennett, Nalcor, and conflict of interest? Seriously. Here’s the story in a nutshell. (Read…