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.]

Friday, November 28, 2014

Splitting off investigative role from Elections Canada cost $2.9 million

A Conservative government decision to move the office that investigates election fraud from under the roof of Elections Canada is costing almost $3 million in up-front costs.

A written response to a question from Liberal MP Scott Simms details $2,939.557.90 budgeted to move the office of elections commissioner Yves Cote into the Office of the Public Prosecutor, including $265,000 in management fees for the relocation.

The government shifted Cote’s office from its home within Elections Canada earlier this year as part of a hotly contested bill dubbed the Fair Elections Act, despite testimony the move would make the office less effective and less efficient.

Original Article
Source: nationalnewswatch.com/
Author: Will LeRoy
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