On August 11th we published part of this article from the Tyee. We continue with the list.
Tyee staff and contributors have compiled a list of 70 government assaults on democracy and the law. As a list of 70 is pretty difficult for anyone to verify all at once we will post a few at a time. To read the entire list at once go to this link.
Tyee staff and contributors have compiled a list of 70 government assaults on democracy and the law. As a list of 70 is pretty difficult for anyone to verify all at once we will post a few at a time. To read the entire list at once go to this link.
Conservatives
Falsify Reports and Documents
Among documents
deliberately altered in the writing or the quoting by the government: CIDA document by Bev Oda's office on Kairos; the Senate Committee Report on the Duffy affair; a report by former auditor general Sheila
Fraser on financial management.
Repeated
Duplicity in Afghan Detainees Controversy
Among the abuses: Parliament was misled and denied
documents. An inquiry was shut down. Tories attempted to discredit diplomat
Richard Colvin whose testimony diverted from the government's line.
Repeated
Duplicity on Costing of F-35 Fighter Jets
An auditor
general's report revealed serial deceptive practices used by the Conservatives in misleading the public and Parliament on the
projected cost of the fighter jets.
Harper Minister
Lies, Blames Statistics Canada for Killing Long Form Census
Under fire for
Conservatives killing the long form census, Industry Minister Tony Clement
falsely stated that StatsCan backed the idea and
assured the voluntary substitute would yield valid statistical data. Neither
was true, outraged StatsCan sources confirmed.
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