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 13, 2013

Harper passes buck on Duffy cheque

Prime Minister Stephen Harper was in no mood Wednesday to respond to questions about the Senate spending scandal that forced his chief of staff to resign.

During a media availability with reporters that lasted just over three minutes, Harper was asked about the cheque Nigel Wright gave to Sen. Mike Duffy so the former television host could repay more than $90,000 in ill-gotten expenses.

"As you know, Mr. Wright is speaking to the ethics commissioner and he will be accountable for his actions to the commissioner and beyond that I have nothing more to say on the matter," he said.                      

In Ottawa, NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair challenged the Conservative government to produce the cheque to prove it was written on Wright's personal account and that no tax dollars were used to reimburse Duffy.

Duffy and other senators caught in the housing allowance controversy are being investigated by the federal ethics watchdog and the RCMP.
                                                    
Original Article
Source: cnews.canoe.ca
Author: QMI Agency 
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