Most Canadians can be forgiven for not knowing about the BC Rail scandal, but it’s an interesting lesson in how corruption can creep into government. When Gordon Campbell first ran for Premier in 2001, he promised not to sell BC Rail. This position changed, though, and in 2004 it was sold to CN Rail. There [...]
http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/2011/06/23/story-of-the-day-the-b-c-rail-scandal-enters-new-phase/
The news over the past week has been fairly positive. International indices have been rating Canada very high on quality of life (2nd, behind Australia) and peacefulness (in the top ten). But there have been sounds of caution, too: a month or two ago Global Integrity bumped Canada to 19th place on its corruption index. [...]
http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/2011/05/27/media-update-for-may-27-2011/
New evidence has emerged that suggests that people knew about Bruce Carson’s dodgy past. Carson, you will recall, was a senior policy analyst for Stephen Harper both before and after he became Prime Minister and is currently under investigation by the RCMP for alleged breaches of the laws on lobbying. The new evidence comes in [...]
http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/2011/04/21/media-update-for-april-21-2011/