Sitting down for accountability
During QP this afternoon, the opposition directed five questions at Natural Resources Minister Christian Paradis during QP in...
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Access to Information
Everybody’s doing it
The Canadian Press links two other members of Christian Paradis’ staff to the questionable handling of access to information...
Ministerial accountability in action
Last week, in regards to the matter of Christian Paradis and his wayward aide , the Prime Minister’s spokesman told reporters that...
If only we could do away with Parliament entirely
The government is once more displeased with this democracy it must function within
’Basically, government tells us what they want us to know’
Our Jonathon Gatehouse reviews the present state of our access to information laws in the latest issue of the magazine. Over the...
Every silver lining has a cloud
David Eaves considers the flip side of Peter Milliken’s ruling.
The Commons: Made for television
Finally, somebody makes a Magnum, P.I. joke
Access-to-Information request on Rights and Democracy ignored
Let us assume, for the sake of the argument, that Canada’s Access to Information Act is a legally-enforceable piece of legislation...
Truth, accountability and irony
An elderly government official, speaking anonymously, asserts the necessity of transparent governance.
’A free society requires access to the facts’
In response to an attempt by a government official to save the Canadian Press a few dollars on reprinting costs , Jack Layton...