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	<title>Forging Civic Trust</title>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Henry McCandless</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Authorities' Accountabilities]]></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>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Henry McCandless</dc:creator>
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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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		<title>Parliament Prorogation vs. Accountability</title>
		<link>http://forgingcivictrust.org/2010/02/parliament-prorogation-vs-accountability/</link>
		<comments>http://forgingcivictrust.org/2010/02/parliament-prorogation-vs-accountability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:22:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Henry McCandless</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We need more than rallies objecting to prorogation as “undemocratic.” Rallies won’t change a government’s underlying agendas. A huge banner at the Victoria rally proclaimed: “Canadians Wake Up.” Wake up, indeed, but then to do what? Rules against prorogation won’t change a government’s intentions. Nor is it the issue of when the Prime Minister is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Public Accountability of a Government Board</title>
		<link>http://forgingcivictrust.org/2009/10/the-public-accountability-of-a-government-board/</link>
		<comments>http://forgingcivictrust.org/2009/10/the-public-accountability-of-a-government-board/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:45:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Henry McCandless</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Governance Accountabilities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[British Columbia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cowichan Lodge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hospitals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver Island Health Authority]]></category>
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This posting is to illustrate first steps taken by citizens holding to account members of a governing board. In this example it is the board members of a major Canadian provincial government agency,  the Vancouver Island Health Authority (VIHA). VIHA is charged with healthcare  on Vancouver Island and running the facilities for it, under the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Public Accountability of Governing Boards</title>
		<link>http://forgingcivictrust.org/2009/10/the-public-accountability-of-governing-boards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:17:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Henry McCandless</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Boards of governors are responsible for running their organizations. Yet they are not taught what public accountability means and what the board’s own public accountability is.
A board’s public accountability means the obligation of board members to

state publicly before the fact what they intend the organization to bring about, for whom, and why they intend it
what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public Trust Depends on Public Accountability</title>
		<link>http://forgingcivictrust.org/2009/08/the-state-were-in/</link>
		<comments>http://forgingcivictrust.org/2009/08/the-state-were-in/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 05:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Henry McCandless</dc:creator>
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		<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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