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 United Nations: [...]
Archive of posts filed under the Articles on Accountability category.
A Proposal for a Specific Role for the United Nations
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 and wrecked [...]
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 stories in society that roll off [...]
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 it’s [...]
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 [...]
