People become and stay dictators for one or two reasons, generally: power and wealth. Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt for 30 years, was clearly interested in both. He maintained a state of emergency in the country for almost his entire rule, suspending the constitution and allowing him freedom to act as he wished. Now that [...]
http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/2011/02/16/media-update-for-february-16-2011/
Today I lead with a story broken by Canadians for Accountability. It seems that some of our board members spotted some suspicious sole source contracts involving the Public Service Commission of Canada. An Access to Information Act request was made, which yielded documents demonstrating that not only were these contracts very juicy ($21,000 for the [...]
http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/2010/03/29/media-update-for-march-29-2010/
There’s a lot of accountability news to cover today. First off, it seems that we may be starting a new listeriosis outbreak. Two people have been hospitalized in Ontario — with five deaths also being investigated. The firm being connected to this is Siena Foods Ltd. Now, this could turn out to be nothing, or [...]
http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/2010/03/15/media-update-for-march-15-2010/