Time to call Prime Minister Harper on accountability

Parliament's Commons and Senate can and should refuse to approve a new information commissioner unless Harper publicly orders ministers and bureaucrats to stop hiding the truth.

Instead of bellyaching about its sorry condition, MPs and Senators can now repair Canada's falling-down democracy. A minority government clinging to power and the pending appointment of a new information watchdog provide a rare opportunity to demand the accountability Stephen Harper promised and ...

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