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	<title>Forging Civic Trust, the Blog of the Citizens&#039; Circle for Accountability &#187; Authorities&#8217; Accountabilities</title>
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		<title>Public Accountability Requirements In Provincial Contracts With the RCMP</title>
		<link>http://forgingcivictrust.org/2011/10/public-accountability-requirements-in-provincial-contracts-with-the-rcmp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 14:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Henry McCandless</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authorities' Accountabilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Accountability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Media portray accountability as a main issue in BC citizens’ lack of trust in the RCMP, and it is. But money accountability is not the most important issue. It is the performance standards to be met by RCMP officers on the ground . The BC Solicitor General, as the responsible Minister of the Crown, owes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>At Election Time Vote for Accountability, Not Control by a Prime Minister</title>
		<link>http://forgingcivictrust.org/2011/04/at-election-time-vote-for-accountability-not-control-by-a-prime-minister/</link>
		<comments>http://forgingcivictrust.org/2011/04/at-election-time-vote-for-accountability-not-control-by-a-prime-minister/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gord Hooker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authorities' Accountabilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governance Accountabilities]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governor General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harper]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Legislators]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Op-ed in the Ottawa Hill Times March  28 2011.
In the recent BBC TV Doha debate on whether Wikileaks is helpful or harmful to society, a Qatar student rose to ask the debaters that included two Americans likely instructed by their State Department, “How can we trust a government if we don’t know what it’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public Trust Depends on Public Accountability</title>
		<link>http://forgingcivictrust.org/2010/11/the-state-were-in/</link>
		<comments>http://forgingcivictrust.org/2010/11/the-state-were-in/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 20:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Henry McCandless</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Accountability of Public Administration Academics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Authorities' Accountabilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corporate Accountabilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governance Accountabilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Media Accountabilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Authorities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elected officials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holding to account]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Without public trust in authorities, society doesn&#8217;t work properly.
The argument for requiring full and fair public explanation by authorities on how they are carrying out their responsibilities is straight-forward: If authorities are required to explain publicly, fully and fairly, before taking their decisions:

what specific outcomes they intend to bring about, for whom, and why,
the performance standards [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Importance of the Governor General of Canada</title>
		<link>http://forgingcivictrust.org/2010/09/the-importance-of-the-governor-general-of-canada/</link>
		<comments>http://forgingcivictrust.org/2010/09/the-importance-of-the-governor-general-of-canada/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Henry McCandless</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authorities' Accountabilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elected officials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governor General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parliament]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On leaving office, one governor general told his successor that governors general have no authority and exercise only moral suasion to encourage things.  If this were true, the prime minister would have dictatorial power. Thankfully it isn’t true but it could be, if legislators allowed it.
In our parliamentary system the &#8220;executive government of and over Canada&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Harper Government Intention to Make the Long Form Census Voluntary</title>
		<link>http://forgingcivictrust.org/2010/07/long-form-census-voluntary/</link>
		<comments>http://forgingcivictrust.org/2010/07/long-form-census-voluntary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Henry McCandless</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authorities' Accountabilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[census]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elected officials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harper]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Toronto Globe and Mail article 30 June 2010 attributed to The Canadian Press was headed: “Don’t Count on Census Detail: Tories Scrub Mandatory Long Form.” The article stated “The move (to make the long form voluntary) is a response to protests from some Canadians who resented the personal questions in the long form.”
The article [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Municipal Accountability: a city council’s refusal to account</title>
		<link>http://forgingcivictrust.org/2010/06/municipal-accountability-a-city-council%e2%80%99s-refusal-to-account/</link>
		<comments>http://forgingcivictrust.org/2010/06/municipal-accountability-a-city-council%e2%80%99s-refusal-to-account/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Henry McCandless</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Accountability of Public Administration Academics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Authorities' Accountabilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governance Accountabilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Accountability]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[city councils]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elected officials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governing Bodies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holding to account]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the August 19 2009 edition of a Victoria BC local newspaper, the Oak Bay News, I had set out the problem of the mushrooming and unfettered deer population in Victoria and what I saw as the Oak Bay municipal council’s responsibility. In that op-ed I stated:
“If Council members say they can do nothing because [...]]]></description>
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