Yesterday’s post dealt with accountability issues in Alberta. Today I turn my attention back to Quebec, which has had some serious problems of corruption come to light in the past couple of years. This includes corruption in the construction industry, corruption in contracts at Montreal City Hall, a highly unethical second salary paid to the [...]
http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/2011/03/15/media-update-for-march-15-2011/
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/
News Summary and Comment: The big accountability and whistleblowing story continues to be WikiLeaks’ release of U.S. diplomatic documents. Rather than comment on it yet again, I encourage you to read David Eaves’ blog posting on it. He connects to other interesting commentary that is well worth reading There are also a few other stories [...]
http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/2010/12/06/media-update-for-december-6-2010/