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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>
		<comments>http://forgingcivictrust.org/2011/10/public-accountability-requirements-in-provincial-contracts-with-the-rcmp/#comments</comments>
		<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>
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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>Holding a Legislative Majority to Account</title>
		<link>http://forgingcivictrust.org/2011/08/holding-a-legislative-majority-to-account/</link>
		<comments>http://forgingcivictrust.org/2011/08/holding-a-legislative-majority-to-account/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Henry McCandless</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Governance Accountabilities]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a legislature the majority’s vote can push through whatever the executive government intends. Given their track record, the federal Conservatives now with majority power require a self-regulating influence on their executive government that serves the public good. That influence is the obligation of the executive to explain its important intentions publicly, full and fairly, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Public Accountability of Governments</title>
		<link>http://forgingcivictrust.org/2011/07/the-public-accountability-of-governments/</link>
		<comments>http://forgingcivictrust.org/2011/07/the-public-accountability-of-governments/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 07:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gord Hooker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Governance Accountabilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Accountability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Accountability Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qatar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ursula Franklin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wikileaks]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://forgingcivictrust.org/?p=207</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Responsibility creates accountability, but public accountability drives the performance. Our current laws state people’s duties and powers but don’t require the directing minds of governments and their agencies to fully and fairly explain their intentions and reasons before they act.
It took a Qatar student, in a May 2011 BBC Doha debate on whether the Wikileaks [...]]]></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>
		<category><![CDATA[BC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governor General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HST]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Legislators]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ottawa Hill Times]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prime Minister]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ursula Franklin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wikileaks]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://forgingcivictrust.org/?p=203</guid>
		<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>Premier Must Serve Public Accountability</title>
		<link>http://forgingcivictrust.org/2011/03/premier-must-serve-public-accountability/</link>
		<comments>http://forgingcivictrust.org/2011/03/premier-must-serve-public-accountability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:04:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Henry McCandless</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Governance Accountabilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elected officials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Premier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victoria Times Colonist]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://forgingcivictrust.org/?p=198</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Citizens deserve to know what government’s true intentions are
(Op-ed printed by the Victoria Times Colonist 3 March 2011)
The premier, as first minister of the Crown, has the most important role in the province. The premier has a common-sense accountability duty to citizens that has been ignored by all first ministers ever since the parliamentary system [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recall in BC</title>
		<link>http://forgingcivictrust.org/2011/01/fairness-in-recall-attempts/</link>
		<comments>http://forgingcivictrust.org/2011/01/fairness-in-recall-attempts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jan 2011 19:54:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gord Hooker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Governance Accountabilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elected officials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ida Chong]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[parliament]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://forgingcivictrust.org/?p=190</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recall Should First Require MLAs to Account
A recent Victoria local newspaper editorial seemed to argue that recall of a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of British Columbia should happen only if he or she has done something egregious and, if not, voters should wait until the next election. Simply re-fighting the last election through [...]]]></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>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://demandananswer.fractionalexecutive.com/?p=3</guid>
		<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>Choosing the next Premier of British Columbia, who is the political head of the Province and who controls the Province’s executive government</title>
		<link>http://forgingcivictrust.org/2010/11/choosing-the-next-premier-of-british-columbia-who-is-the-political-head-of-the-province-and-who-controls-the-province%e2%80%99s-executive-government/</link>
		<comments>http://forgingcivictrust.org/2010/11/choosing-the-next-premier-of-british-columbia-who-is-the-political-head-of-the-province-and-who-controls-the-province%e2%80%99s-executive-government/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:34:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gord Hooker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Governance Accountabilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gordon Campbell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Premier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victoria Times Colonist]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://forgingcivictrust.org/?p=180</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The current premier is resigning. Jack Knox, in his November 7 2010 column in the Victoria B.C. Times Colonist newspaper, appears to regard  &#8221;star quality&#8221; as the  major criterion for BC citizens to apply in choosing the next  premier. He surely had tongue in cheek, but his article reads otherwise.
Knox’s column nonetheless underscores the issue [...]]]></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>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://forgingcivictrust.org/?p=176</guid>
		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[privacy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://forgingcivictrust.org/?p=171</guid>
		<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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