News Summary and Comment: This week, I start with the RCMP’s apology to the mother of Robert Dziekanski. As we all know by now, Dziekanski was killed in a shocking overuse of force by four RCMP officers at Vancouver Airport. At first the RCMP tried to deny anything improper had happened – until it came [...]
http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/2010/04/05/media-update-for-april-5-2010/
I’m afraid that I have to start with a stream of bad news. First, the not-so-big surprise: the Sudbury Star has reported that the Public Servants Disclosure Protection Tribunal hasn’t heard a single case. We knew this, of course, but it’s good to have it reported. This isn’t the Tribunal’s fault, though: cases first have [...]
http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/2010/02/04/media-update-for-february-4-2010/
News Summary and Comment Welcome back to the Canadians for Accountability media updates. You’ll have to forgive me as I get used to blogging and figure out how to add new features to it. It’s a work in progress. Hints would be appreciated, by the way. I will start with a wrap up of accountability [...]
http://canadians4accountability.org/blog/2010/01/18/media-update-for-january-18-2010/