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.]

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Consult this, Toronto!

What right do rich, paid private consultants have to decide what public services our communities in Toronto should or should not have?

KPMG is a private consulting firm that was hired by the City of Toronto and paid millions of dollars to do a completely subjective review of all of Toronto's public services. KPMG is currently releasing their 8 final reports detailing service by service what they think could be cut, changed or con...tracted out. These reports will be used to identify nearly $800 million dollars worth of cuts to services that Ford wants to push through at the end of September.

KPMG has taken their 'vision' of devastated Toronto public services to City Hall, and now we will take our vision of the kind of Toronto we want straight to them!

KPMG has a long and ugly multi-national track record in advising governments on how to privatize and impose poverty and misery on people. Join the Toronto Stop the Cuts Network on Thursday, July 21st as we tell KPMG that their role is not welcome here and is being challenged!

Public services, those who rely upon them, and those workers who deliver them, are NOT gravy! We demand that services be improved instead of obliterated. Services our communities receive should be delivered by workers who are paid living wages. If revenue is to be found, why not look at the bloated police budget and tax breaks for corporations.

Origin
Source: Rabble.ca 

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