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Gov't failing to close dozens of anti-democratic loopholes

Tuesday, Jan 03, 2012 03:00 am

The citizens' organization Democracy Watch has noted that in Canada it is still effectively legal for a person like Karlheinz Schreiber to fundraise for and make secret donations to nomination race and party leadership candidates, to lobby and make secret deals with cabinet ministers and government employees, and for everyone involved to be dishonest about their secret, unethical relationships.

The current move by the Conservatives to hold parliamentary committee meetings behind closed doors is just one more example of a government that talks about open government but won't practice it, and has certainly failed to close dozens of anti-democratic loopholes that still exist.

Larry Kazdan,

Vancouver, B.C.

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