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
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
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