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	<title>Forging Civic Trust, the Blog of the Citizens&#039; Circle for Accountability &#187; elected officials</title>
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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>
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		<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>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>
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		<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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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<category><![CDATA[elected officials]]></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>
		<category><![CDATA[municipal councils]]></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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