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.]

Showing posts with label Don Meredith. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Don Meredith. Show all posts

Saturday, June 27, 2015

Provincial Tories rejected Meredith before Harper took him

Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives rejected Don Meredith as a byelection candidate five years before Prime Minister Stephen Harper appointed him to the Senate, the Star has learned.

Meredith, 50, was exiled from Harper’s Conservative caucus on Wednesday night after the Star reported allegations he had a sexual relationship with a teenage girl.

The married Pentecostal minister had run as a federal Conservative in a March 2008 byelection in Toronto Centre, finishing a distant fourth in a contest won by Liberal Bob Rae. Two years later, he was appointed as a senator by Harper.

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