A blog to give a voice to our concern about the continued erosion of our democratic processes not only within the House of Commons and within our electoral system but also throughout our society. Here you will find articles about the current problems within our parliamentary democracy, about actions both good and bad by our elected representatives, about possible solutions, opinions and debate about the state of democracy in Canada, and about our roles/responsibilities as democratic citizens. We invite your thoughtful and polite comments upon our posts and ask those who wish to post longer articles or share ideas on this subject to submit them for inclusion as a guest post.
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Political Malfeasance


This is a much harder and more extensive list to try and summarize than shown in the Electoral and Parliamentary Malfeasance pages and I will try to limit this list to those things that I feel directly effect our democracy. This will include such things as limiting or controlling the public access to information be it scientific, financial, committee proceedings or commission reports, misuse of taxpayers money for partisan purposes in particular for promotion and 'branding' of the party point of view. It may include links to actions that result in longstanding scientific, farm and social support programs being selectively de-funded without cause, interference with 'independent' commissions and marketing bodies and secretive 'agreements' with foreign nations and international corporations, or anything else that strikes me as particularly egregious..

It will take me some time to compile even the major items from the past 3 to 5 years, feel free to contact me via the email shown in the side bar with any suggestions. Meanwhile here is a start from more recent actions.







Harper Conservatives target environmental reviews