Another good read from Michael Harris: Is there anyone in the country who believes the Harper government’s latest whopper that a $26 billion sole-sourced contract for new frigates was the work of a bureaucrat and that cabinet had nothing to do with it? The Harper government didn’t approve the Northern Gateway Pipeline either. That was done by the National Energy Board. All Harper did was stack the board with people from Alberta’s oilpatch and regulatory process, and expand its powers to include key environmental decisions. Who are they trying to kid? With this bunch, no bureaucrat goes to the loo without approval from the PMO. That approval is never in writing, of course; God forbid there’s a public record of this stuff. And nothing is done that affects Alberta’s oil industry without first being passed under the prime ministerial nose for a good sniff. What is happening in Stephen Harper’s Canada — the hoarding and choking-off of information, the outright lying — is going on in many of the aging, decrepit democracies in the West. The establishments of several countries have effectively decided that they are above the law — and often cite national security threats to justify anti-democratic and, in some cases, thoroughly illegal behaviours.
Posted on: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 21:37:18 +0000
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