Tories Bury Negative News

FICTION: Conservatives are making government more accountable to build a stronger, safer, better Canada.

FACT: Tories slammed for burying negative reports

OTTAWA -- The Harper government's timing for the release of some unflattering reports has critics scratching their heads over the Conservatives' concept of transparency.

The Tories took office promising clean, open governance and vowing not to practice the same old politics as previous governments. But they've stuck to one tried and true tactic -- releasing negative news when it will get the least media attention

Last Thursday and Friday -- on the eve of a holiday weekend -- three major reports were released late in the afternoon, leaving the opposition scrambling to respond.

The latest release -- at 5:30 p.m. Friday -- was a Foreign Affairs report on the misplacement of government documents by former foreign minister Maxime Bernier.

from
The Canadian Press

Harper Gets Rejected

Jasbier Sandhu with the Professor Mohan Singh Memorial Foundation says the brief announcement was not at all what the Sikh community was looking for.

"As soon as he spoke, he left. The Indo Canadian community right away rejected it with their hands up in the air. They totally rejected the apology that was offered."

Of course, Harper is only apologizing in local ridings to each individual community so he can try to win over votes across the country. Apologizing for the right reasons, and that reason in this case is what was done is incredibly unacceptable. However, apologizing on a regional basis only, not a national stage, which is quite apparently, only to try to win over votes in the Sikh community, is simply unacceptable.

Harper shoves his foot in his mouth, while Jason Kenney quickly tries to pull it out. Harper no longer can do his own dirty work. Harper quickly changes colours.