Dr. Carney and Mr. Hide

Harper promises 'new era of accountability'
February 1, 2006
CBC News

Incoming prime minister Stephen Harper says his government's first act upon assuming power will be to table a federal accountability bill. No immediate changes to civil service, Harper says

However, Harper said his government would not move immediately to make major changes to the public service that were recommended in Gomery's second report.

Harper said they had "merit" but said his government would have enough to do elsewhere in the first few months of its transition into power.

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Mark Carney is an example of a completely unaccountable top ranking bureaucrat from the Department of Finance who thinks that a solemn election promise that was reversed at the cost of $35 billion in Canadian’s hard earned life savings can be simply justified on the strength of 18 pages of blacked out documents, and nothing else.

As Diane Francis, Editor at Large of the Financial Post has written; “prove the case or drop the tax”

You be the judge of whether Bank of Governor elect Mark Carney, meets your test of Stephen Harper’s promise of new Accountable and Transparent government.




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Transparency and accountability vs Harper transparency and accountability

Transparency:

A management method where nearly all decision making is carried out publicly.

All draft documents, all arguments for and against a proposal, the decisions about the decision making process itself, and all final decisions, are made publicly and remain publicly archived.
Source: Wikipedia

Accountability:

In leadership roles, accountability is the acknowledgment and assumption of responsibility for actions, decisions, and policies including the administration, governance and implementation within the scope of the role and encompassing the obligation to report, explain and be answerable for resulting consequences.
Source: Wikipedia


Harper's transparency and accountability on income trusts:




View the complete 18 pages of Harper's transparency and accountability on income trusts.

Garth Turner speaks on Income Trusts in the House of Commons - May 17/07

Garth Turner, MP for Halton, Ontario had the following introduction for this May 17 MPTv video:

Guzzler - Yesterday I was able to speak in the House about the unfairness of the Conservative Tax Fairness Plan - yes, the one that exludes 70% of seniors from income-splitting, taxes the bejesus out of income trust investors, and raises the basic tax rate for every single senior.

For some reason, the Tories go nuts when I rise in the Commons, heckling and shouting and trying to disrupt things. This time it was Dean del Mastro's turn, who took so great an exception to my statement that the actions of politicians have so turned people off it's no wonder we enjoy the same status as used car salesmen.

A member of the Finance Committee, and a full-time apologist for Jim Flaherty, Mr. del Mastro raised a point of order with the Speaker, which he ignored. However, Dean managed to get it on the public record that I had defamed car salesguys. Odd, I thought. But then I saw his car.

Turns out my colleague is a used car salesguy in Peterborough, Ontario. His taste in transportation may explain his progressive approach to the nation's finances. View this video of my short (my time was cut short by a special ministerial accountability session) but sweet speech.

Related:

Guzzler - weblog.garth.ca

If "Finance was WRONG" then "how can Flaherty be RIGHT"

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Decisions. Decisions. Decisions.

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Income Trust decimation is politically toxic

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