The federal government’s treatment of information about the Champlain Bridge is an interesting case study about government communications, bureaucratic (and political) arrogance, and the general contempt held in Ottawa (and Quebec City) for the public. In case you haven’t heard the story, it went down like this: Transport Canada minister Denis Lebel said that he [...]
http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/2011/07/19/handling-of-the-champlain-bridge-report-an-interesting-case-study-in-ineptitude/
There was a story out of B.C. this week, dealing with the conviction of a former provincial assistant deputy minister in the Ministry of Health Services. Ron Danderfer had been in charge of that B.C.’s e-health initiative – intended to digitize health records for greater efficiency in the delivery of health services. While it’s a [...]
http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/2011/07/09/legal-bills-and-the-erosion-of-accountability-of-bureaucrats/
Here are three stories that at first seem largely unrelated: In the first, the government has started cutting back in the public service, beginning with cuts at Public Works. On the face of it, and aside from the Prime Minister’s election promise that he wouldn’t do this, that’s not a bad idea. I estimate that [...]
http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/2011/06/30/whistleblower-comment-on-the-news-performance-and-accountability/