Harper's plan for the "new" review of the Supreme Court Nomination was supposed to be about accountability and transparency.
It's not. It's not really new, and it does not move the transparency or accountability markers any farther than Irwin Colter moved them...
In fact, it hasn't changed much from the system Vic Toews railed against 10 months ago... Read the link, the comparison to the Soviet era troikas is very cute...
What has been billed as a television first, promises to be a real zinger for ratings.. so much so that committee member Stephen Owen mused this morning on CBC radio that most Canadians may not be able to stay awake past the first 30 minutes.
But this season premiere on the Accountability & Transparency network is missing an important element of accountability and transparency.
Accountability and transparency is about the people who make the decisions, and in this case the people making the decision are Stephen Harper and Vic Toews.... who will not appear before the committee to explain their decision.
Too bad, that would have made for some good TV. We might have tuned in past the first 30 minutes...
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