Comments for Canadians for Accountability Blog http://canadians4accountability.org/blog A blog about accountability and whistleblowing in Canada and around the world Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:15:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Denis Rancourt vs. the U of O: the saga continues by Richard Dearden and ‘Subversion of Justice’ :: Keeping an Eye on Canadian Lawyers :: « A Student's-Eye View http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/2011/10/17/denis-rancourt-vs-the-u-of-o-the-saga-continues/comment-page-1/#comment-469 Richard Dearden and ‘Subversion of Justice’ :: Keeping an Eye on Canadian Lawyers :: « A Student's-Eye View Wed, 19 Oct 2011 14:15:19 +0000 http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/?p=2154#comment-469 [...] saving the “administration of justice” from subversion by critics of the university (link)? GA_googleAddAttr("AdOpt", "1"); GA_googleAddAttr("Origin", "other"); [...] [...] saving the “administration of justice” from subversion by critics of the university (link)? GA_googleAddAttr("AdOpt", "1"); GA_googleAddAttr("Origin", "other"); [...]

]]> Comment on Ontario’s experiment with self-regulating teachers is not going well by Citizen http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/2011/10/03/ontario%e2%80%99s-experiment-with-self-regulating-teachers-is-not-going-well/comment-page-1/#comment-467 Citizen Thu, 13 Oct 2011 18:42:00 +0000 http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/?p=2146#comment-467 Elorna: Very good question. There are a few solutions. 1. The Premiere was aware of much of the outrageous conduct of the Ontario College of Teachers Council dating back to 2004. You could ask him why he did nothing to stop the abuse of children. 2. You could join the Canadians for Accountability. 3. The Liberal and the Conservatives voted over overwhelmingly against Bill 183 which would have allowed the Ombudsman to investigate schools. Lobby or support any and all such new legislation in the future. Demand it from the Liberals to reintroduce the third party investigation of schools, hospitals and children aid.... other provinces have it what is wrong with Ontario.... Write your MPP or all of them.... 4. Support the Coalition against Bullying.(London Ontario etc ) The Ontario College of Teachers seems to be the role model for Bullies in our schools. Doing nothing is not an option for the protection of children. Elorna:
Very good question. There are a few solutions.

1. The Premiere was aware of much of the outrageous conduct of the Ontario College of Teachers Council dating back to 2004. You could ask him why he did nothing to stop the abuse of children.

2. You could join the Canadians for Accountability.

3. The Liberal and the Conservatives voted over overwhelmingly against Bill 183 which would have allowed the Ombudsman to investigate schools. Lobby or support any and all such new legislation in the future. Demand it from the Liberals to reintroduce the third party investigation of schools, hospitals and children aid…. other provinces have it what is wrong with Ontario…. Write your MPP or all of them….

4. Support the Coalition against Bullying.(London Ontario etc ) The Ontario College of Teachers seems to be the role model for Bullies in our schools.

Doing nothing is not an option for the protection of children.

]]> Comment on Ontario’s experiment with self-regulating teachers is not going well by Elona Hartjes http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/2011/10/03/ontario%e2%80%99s-experiment-with-self-regulating-teachers-is-not-going-well/comment-page-1/#comment-464 Elona Hartjes Tue, 04 Oct 2011 22:40:49 +0000 http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/?p=2146#comment-464 What can the grassroots do to help bring about the requiiste transparency and changes? I'd like to be proactive. What can the grassroots do to help bring about the requiiste transparency and changes? I’d like to be proactive.

]]> Comment on Ontario’s experiment with self-regulating teachers is not going well by Wlodzimierz Sokolowski http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/2011/10/03/ontario%e2%80%99s-experiment-with-self-regulating-teachers-is-not-going-well/comment-page-1/#comment-463 Wlodzimierz Sokolowski Tue, 04 Oct 2011 11:30:46 +0000 http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/?p=2146#comment-463 Tradition of self-regulating New Brunswick medical profession is a disaster unimaginably for an immigrant Europe from. WS Tradition of self-regulating New Brunswick medical profession is a disaster unimaginably for an immigrant Europe from. WS

]]> Comment on The real problem with the $90,000 per diem by Dave Westman http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/2011/09/26/the-real-problem-with-the-90000-per-diem/comment-page-1/#comment-459 Dave Westman Wed, 28 Sep 2011 03:19:06 +0000 http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/?p=2132#comment-459 Hi Ian, If the contract is as you describe, the $ are outrageous. But the work should be done outside of government. The bureaucracy has a conflict of interest. The upper management clique, with few exceptions would either sabotage the job or screw it up. After all, they are the same people that allow their management free rein to conduct a campaign of retribution against employees e.g., whistleblowers. It would be nice to think that someone could get the downsizing right. But we know what will happen. They can't be selective. They're dealing with the same old systemic problems in the form of entrenched policy obstacles. There's never the will or time to fix those. The redundant positions will stay. Maybe some small off-the-wall programs will get cut. But big fast savings can only come from either a big lay-off or giving employees an incentive to retire early. Too bad the price for the report is going to cost so much this go-round. Dave Hi Ian,

If the contract is as you describe, the $ are outrageous. But the work should be done outside of government. The bureaucracy has a conflict of interest. The upper management clique, with few exceptions would either sabotage the job or screw it up. After all, they are the same people that allow their management free rein to conduct a campaign of retribution against employees e.g., whistleblowers.

It would be nice to think that someone could get the downsizing right. But we know what will happen. They can’t be selective. They’re dealing with the same old systemic problems in the form of entrenched policy obstacles. There’s never the will or time to fix those. The redundant positions will stay. Maybe some small off-the-wall programs will get cut. But big fast savings can only come from either a big lay-off or giving employees an incentive to retire early. Too bad the price for the report is going to cost so much this go-round.

Dave

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