March 11, 2013 Op-ed in the Ottawa Hill Times, March 11, 2013 Parliament Can Regain Public Respect if… The next time political parties talk about the benefits and costs of a particular project, ask whose benefits, and whose costs? It will go a long way to public accountability By Henry McCandless The lack of public [...]
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Achieving Fairness in Society Depends on Holding to Account
Achieving Fairness in Society Depends on Holding to account 0p-ed submitted to the Victoria Daily Colonist 28 May 2012 Achieving Fairness in Society Depends on Holding to Account Citizens want fairness in their society. The Occupiers’ protests aim at ending unfettered self-serving power. But the unfairness has been allowed by those citizens having the power [...]
A Proposal for a Specific Role for the United Nations
This proposal came about because it is obvious that the highest order of public accountability is at the inter-nation level. The writer sent the proposal to both Stephen Lewis and Lloyd Axworthy, with the reasons, but received no reply from either person. 18 June 2003 (updated Feb.06) A Proposal for a Specific Role for the [...]
A Right Understanding of Matters
A Right Understanding of Matters This September 2009 Article in Common Ground magazine is intended as a sum-up for citizens on the public accountability obligation, and the need for public, full and fair explanation by authorities before the fact to be required by law. Writing on the wall Henry E. McCandless Canadian citizens accepted thousands of preventable deaths [...]
Public Accountability and Disclosure Activism
[Originally published in March, 2003] Workshop notes for the Escalating Peace conference, Ganges, Saltspring Island, BC, 5 October 2002 Henry E. McCandless, Citizens’ Circle for Accountability henrymccandless@accountabilitycircle.org I. Overview of Public Accountability The start of any discussion or inquiry is to know what’s going on. So what is the common denominator in all the horror [...]
Strengthening the Oaths of Office
Strengthening the Oaths of Office Sworn by our MPs, MLAs, Ministers, Public Officers, and Judges Canadians probably think the oaths of office taken by their MPs, ministers of the Crown, and public servants contain explicit commitments that the MPs, ministers, and public servants uphold the Constitution and comply with the law. They don’t. They should. And [...]
Response to Enron: Public Answering
Headlines scream profusely about the stunning collapse of Enron — the fastest plunge to a corporate bankruptcy in U.S. history. Causes are being speculated wildly in the media, and Congressional hearings should add further fuel to the attribution process. Apparently, at this stage of truth, Enron’s management failed to disclose the financial effects of their [...]
