Thursday, January 31, 2008

Sometimes, the child-like naivete is just so adorable.


Gosh ... who could possibly have seen this coming?

Gomery disappointed in Harper

JIM BROWN
Canadian Press
January 30, 2008 at 7:57 PM EST


OTTAWA — The man who investigated the sponsorship scandal says Prime Minister Stephen Harper seems to have abandoned any commitment he once had to transparent government in favour of a top-down style that centralizes power in his own hands.

John Gomery, in a wide-ranging interview marking the second anniversary of his final report, expressed dismay that the federal Conservatives have ignored his key recommendations for reform.

“I have to tell you, I'm very disappointed,” Mr. Gomery said from the farm in Havelock, Que., where he now lives in retirement.

“I worked so hard, and I got other people to work hard, and we gave very serious thought to what we were recommending. I thought it deserved a debate.”

Instead, said the former judge, most of the political and bureaucratic changes he proposed fell into a “black hole” of indifference or were rejected out of hand.

Dear John: Welcome to our world.

1 comment:

900ft Jesus said...

I was thinking of posting about that, but I feel kind of dumb stating the obvious. It’s getting to where we can just copy and paste the same commentary:

Stevo ignores recommendations of (insert choice of: advisor, commissioner, expert panel, personal stylist) despite having praised them when the Liberals were in power proving again he believes himslef to be the Expert of Everything.