There’s just no honour among liars any more. In any self-respecting democracy, all of these people would have been subpoenaed to appear before a public inquiry or parliamentary committee of some kind, and required to testify under oath. But as this is Canada, we are obliged to rely on Mike Duffy’s self-serving Dance of the Seven Veils. Here we are, more than five months after the scandal broke, and we have still to hear more than a few words from most of the principals. Instead, we get a series of different stories from the prime minister, and talking points from his underlings, while the RCMP investigation grinds on, and on and on. But more than just a malfunctioning moral compass is at work here. This whole affair is an indictment, not only of a government, but of a system of government. If the reflexive reaction of officials around the prime minister was to lie and cover up, and to go on lying and covering up, possibly it was because they figured they could get away with it — because our systems of accountability have grown so weak that it is unlikely those in power will ever be made to answer for their actions. fullcomment.nationalpost/2013/10/28/andrew-coyne-in-the-duffy-affair-theres-just-no-honour-among-liars-any-more/
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