Quebec politics and the Bastarache Inquiry: The Bastarache Inquiry has come to a close and to some conclusions, but Quebecers aren’t buying it. The inquiry was called to investigate claims by former Justice Minister Marc Bellemere that Quebec Premier Jean Charest was applying pressure on him to appoint favoured candidates as provincial judges. Charest of [...]
http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/2011/01/21/media-update-for-january-21-2011/
The Quebec scandal on judicial appointments, which was triggered by allegations of corruption in judicial appointments by former provincial Justice Minister Marc Bellemare, continues to make headlines in Quebec. This week, lawyers from either side summed up their arguments at the Bastarache Inquiry. There seems to have been a point of agreement: that the public [...]
http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/2010/10/15/media-update-for-october-15-2010/
“When Roméo Dallaire advocates for improvement in the way we treat our injured soldiers, does his psychiatric file, and the distortions thereof, end up on the minister’s desk? When the auditor general has something to say about the minister of finance, does her tax return show up on the minister’s desk?” The very relevant and [...]
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