Will wisdom prevail tomorrow at the Public Accounts Committee and the decisoin to effectively muzzle the Chair of the committee be reversed. I expect most Albertnas have no clue that yet another erosion of accountable and transparent democracy was done to us by the governmet recently.
There are rumours that the anti-democratic decision may be proposed to reveresed at the Public Accounts Committee meeting tomorrow by the same PC MLA that put the motion forward in the first instance. Here is a link to an audio broadcast of the Public Accounts Committee meeting scheduled for 8:30 am tomorrow. You might want to tune in.
Here are some links to news items and some key blog posts that will give you some background on these events.
http://communities.canada.com/EDMONTONJOURNAL/blogs/electionnotebook/archive/2010/04/20/tories-on-muzzling-public-accounts-committee-never-mind.aspx
http://daveberta.ca/?p=2492
http://daveberta.ca/?p=2401
http://www.calgaryherald.com/columnists/Braid+Dave+Rodney+veto+power+puts+democracy+peril/2927067/story.html
The price of democracy is vigilance. Tune in on-line and hear what those who have your consent to govern you are doing.
It would be really good to see Olson pull that motion. Even though he was probably told to make it and probably told to pull it. And I suspect that he is pretty uncomfortable under the public scrutiny, the first time he has been involved in any controversy (or news) since he was elected. I'm sure he will feel much better when he can return to his invisible place in the leg
ReplyDeleteWhat Dave Rodney did was completely right. Consider that it's a committee and not something run by the dictator Hugh MacDonald. Olson should be commended for his motion.
ReplyDeleteShame on Ken Chapman for his blatently hyperpartisan move.