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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

The Senate: where transparency goes to be mocked

Canadians are waiting while Deloitte wraps up its investigation of Senator Wallin's claims. And then, we are led to understand that the Board of Internal Economy will develop its own report. With a breathtaking tone-deafness that makes a mockery of the principle of transparency, this closed -door group will meet again to make -- but not deign to explain -- their decisions. Will they disregard what Deloitte says again? If so, will they explain their refusal to accept Deloitte's findings? Will they explain why they bother paying for audits that they plan to ignore?

If Deloitte finds that there are problems with Senate policy, will they again ignore this important insight? Will this be the time when they take their own policy development seriously and make the necessary improvements? If the Board makes up some new rules again, will they share what these are? Or will these new rules, again, remain secret? We won't tell you precisely what rule you broke, just that you broke it!

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/debby-simms/senate-deloite-_b_3575668.html

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