Yep, another broken promise by the Conservatives, put this right up there with the promise about paying lower taxes and not paying taxes on income trust and we can really see the B.S. start to pile up. Time to send these people a message, Canadians are fed up with the lies and broken promises. This party based there whole platform on accountability and reforming government, and now they're reneging on that. Remember Stand up for Accountability 2006:
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A Conservative government will:
• Stop the Liberal attack on retirement savings and preserve income trusts by not imposing any new taxes on them.
• Require ministers and senior government officials to record their contacts with lobbyists.
• Create an independent Parliamentary Budget Authority to provide objective analysis directly to Parliament about the state of the nation’s finances and trends in the national economy.
• Require government departments and agencies to provide accurate, timely information to the Parliamentary Budget Authority to ensure it has the information it needs to provide accurate analyses to Parliament.
• Allow members of the public – not just politicians – to make complaints to the Ethics Commissioner.
On Access to information a Conservative government will.
• Oblige public officials to create the records necessary to document their actions and decisions.
• Provide a general public interest override for all exemptions, so that the public interest is put before the secrecy of the government.
• Ensure that all exemptions from the disclosure of government information are justified only on the basis of the harm or injury that would result from disclosure, not blanket exemption rules.
• Ensure that the disclosure requirements of the Access to Information Act cannot be circumvented by secrecy provisions in other federal acts, while respecting the confidentiality of national security and the privacy of personal information.
This was all B.S. ?
