Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Thursday, June 09, 2011

Tories reject suggestion they misled Parliament on G20 spending

The Conservative government says it “fully accepts” the Auditor General’s findings that greater transparency was needed surrounding the $50 million G8 Legacy fund, but rejects the suggestion that it deliberately misled Parliament to secure the cash.

Now-retired Auditor General Sheila Fraser, in her final report to Parliament tabled Thursday morning, concluded that the Conservatives skirted spending policies and did not clearly identify the nature of funding approvals sought for G8 infrastructure projects.

“The Auditor General does suggest administrative deficiencies surrounding the intake of these projects,” said Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird Thursday, flanked by Treasury Board President Tony Clement, at an Ottawa news conference.

Baird was Infrastructure Minister at the time of the G8 summit and approved the 32 infrastructure projects in Clement’s riding of Parry Sound-Muskoka, where the G8 summit took place in June 2010.

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Source: Toronto Star 
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