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Tell'em what they want to hear...Then do what you want

by JP Bill Apr 28, 2006 4:59AM PDT

Info czar slams PM

OTTAWA (CP) - Prime Minister Stephen Harper has done a complete about-face, introducing plans that would increase government secrecy after campaigning on openness, says Canada's information czar.

The Accountability Act, and other reforms being proposed, will "increase the government's ability to cover up wrongdoing, shield itself from embarrassment and control the flow of information to Canadians," says the scathing report.

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Nothing new

by Diana Former Forum moderator Apr 28, 2006 6:54AM PDT

Pataki ran on a ticket of open budget negotiations rather than the big three doing the budget and then passing it in the middle of the night with no reading.

Got in office and, not only does he do the same thing, but he has closed down a lot of Albany that used to welcome visitors.

Diana

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(NT) (NT) Still waiting for Howard Dean to open his up

by duckman Apr 28, 2006 8:00AM PDT

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Many years ago the poet and occasional mucical

by Ziks511 Apr 28, 2006 2:35PM PDT

personality Adrian Mitchell wrote a poem entitled Conservative Government Unemployment Figures that went like this:

Conservative Government.

Unemployment.

Figures.

Rob

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