Government can’t have it both ways on ministerial accountability, says expert

Tories may 'hoist themselves on their own petard' in an attempt to prevent political aides from testifying at the House Ethics Committee.

The government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper "can't have it both ways" and invoke ministerial accountability in the controversy over access-to-information interference while ignoring it to avoid responsibility for other misdeeds by political aides, says a public policy consultant who worked on...

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