The greater sage grouse has made a notable contribution to the understanding of cabinet confidentiality in Canada, by way of a sensible decision of the Federal Court of Appeal in a lawsuit about an apparently endangered species.
The cabinet should indeed be free to deliberate, airing a range of opinions while heading toward a conclusion, without looking like a mere mishmash of political factions in the meantime.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/editorials/cabinet-confidentiality-and-the-greater-sage-grouse/article13673633/
An actual decision, based on a statutory power of a minister or of the whole cabinet, is another matter.
The Alberta Wilderness Association and three other similar organizations believe that changes in the habitat of sage grouse in Alberta and Saskatchewan have caused a steep decline in their population. So they wrote to Peter Kent, who was then the minister of the environment, urging him to recommend to the cabinet the issuance of an emergency order under the Species at Risk Act.
Why should Canadians have to take their own government to court consistently and in doing so taxpayers foot the bill for the governments abusive actions.
The most frustrating part of this governments actions is that they don't care about the cost of legal defense since they have an endless funding of your dollars to waste. To date they have spent over 500 million tax dollars on legal fees in an attempt to break the financial backs of their detractors.
Common sense economics from a dictatorial government.
The cabinet should indeed be free to deliberate, airing a range of opinions while heading toward a conclusion, without looking like a mere mishmash of political factions in the meantime.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/commentary/editorials/cabinet-confidentiality-and-the-greater-sage-grouse/article13673633/
An actual decision, based on a statutory power of a minister or of the whole cabinet, is another matter.
The Alberta Wilderness Association and three other similar organizations believe that changes in the habitat of sage grouse in Alberta and Saskatchewan have caused a steep decline in their population. So they wrote to Peter Kent, who was then the minister of the environment, urging him to recommend to the cabinet the issuance of an emergency order under the Species at Risk Act.
Why should Canadians have to take their own government to court consistently and in doing so taxpayers foot the bill for the governments abusive actions.
The most frustrating part of this governments actions is that they don't care about the cost of legal defense since they have an endless funding of your dollars to waste. To date they have spent over 500 million tax dollars on legal fees in an attempt to break the financial backs of their detractors.
Common sense economics from a dictatorial government.
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