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.]

Saturday, May 11, 2013

Democracy Watch Comes Down on Ethics Commissioner

Democracy Watch has issued a strongly-worded release condemning federal Ethics Commissioner Mary Dawson for failing to investigate the case surrounding a funding announcement by Peter Penashue just days before the byelection call in Labrador. Democracy Watch submitted a complaint to the Ethics Commissioner after Prime Minister Stephen Harper allowed Penashue to make a $1.35 million spending announcement in his riding mere days before he resigned his seat.

Coordinator of Democracy Watch, Tyler Sommers, accused the Ethics Commissioner of ignoring clear ethics rules and instead using what he calls 'a narrow and incorrect' enforcement approach to the matter. Sommers accuses Dawson of being ineffective, so much so, he says the media have revealed all of the ethics violations in federal politics in the past five years.

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