This letter was to point out the lack of parliamentary understanding of public accountability and its service to the public good. The Editor, Hill Times Letter in the Ottawa Hill Times 5 Dec.05 29 Federal Election: Preaching Accountability But Ducking It In plain common sense, public accountability is the obligation of authorities to explain publicly, [...]
Archive of posts filed under the Articles on Federal Government Public Accountability category.
Calling Leaders to Account
This op-ed arose because politicians mired in ritual avoid understanding public accountability yet it is an imperative in society Op-ed in the Victoria Times Colonist of 21 November 2005 Calling Leaders to Account by Henry E. McCandless Be on your guard. The next federal election campaign will be full of “accountability.” The Liberal government is [...]
Public Accountability in a Minority Government
by Henry E. McCandless [Reprinted from Canadian Parliamentary Review, Autumn 2004] Minority governments provide parliamentarians with a better opportunity than majority governments to hold the executive effectively to account. This article argues that the government will no longer be able to rely on its majority in parliament to avoid adequate answering for its actions. Nor [...]
Accountability comes down to issues of control
This op-ed intends to show that first ministers (1) have the obligation to know and exercise reasonable management control and (2) can install adequate public explanation as an obligation of their ministers and the senior civil service, and thus save themselves time an effort in damage control caused by their ministers by saying to the [...]
