1 edit | Flaherty influences CRTC how many times? ....and on what issues?
Are there other smoking guns in Flaherty's or other cabinet minister's closet regarding telecom?
»www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/01/17···256.html
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty urged the federal broadcast regulator to grant a radio licence to a company in his Ontario riding even though government rules on cabinet responsibility forbid ministers from influencing the decisions of administrative tribunals.
Possible violations of the Conflict of Interest Act are investigated by federal ethics commissioner Mary Dawson.
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Mary Dawson was appointed by Harper, so I'm not sanguine about any disciplinary action from her office.
What to do about it? Well, there's always precedent to rely upon: "David Collenette resigned as defence minister in 1996 after it emerged that he wrote the federal immigration board seeking a review of a constituent's request for a speedy appeal hearing." |
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 hm
@videotron.ca | The title of the story on The Star article is better than HufPo's.
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty tried to influence CRTC decision on radio licence
»www.thestar.com/news/canada/arti···-licence
The title even stinks of corruption
Versus the HufPo:
Flaherty's CRTC Letter Supporting Radio Licence For Durham Radio Inc. Contravenes Cabinet Rules
Yaaawn.
The Star wins!
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big difference between flopperty and the net thingy with 464000 people signing a petition in 4 days and him trying to get a potential radio license deal done where he makes profit.
the difference is the human population of canada was saying NO and doing it so fast that they had to act quick so that open media could not say they had millions of support.
ALSO when you get protests about caps and such ....and ...oh nvm
the fact is flopperty has had a rob ford momment lets not argue about other stuff he did that he should have and did vs stuff he is clearly not supposed too.
I'll add hes been in federal govt for years now and thus one can also argue he has no excuse to know he was not supposed to do what he did. ITS also why we need to turf rob ford as an example and make this type a crap a ten year prison term.
ME thinks if 500,000 people signed another petition in 4 days the govt would do just about anything to stop the craziness.... |
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said by hm :The title even stinks of corruption
The CRTC is arms' length from the government.
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has short little fsckin' arms. Is all.
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said by funny:I'll add hes been in federal govt for years now and thus one can also argue he has no excuse to know he was not supposed to do what he did. ITS also why we need to turf rob ford as an example and make this type a crap a ten year prison term.
Him and Rib Rob Ford make quite the 'willful ignorance' pair. |
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 elwoodbluesElwood BluesPremium
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HarperLand | reply to MaynardKrebs
This is the "Harper Goverment" you know the open and accountable ones? |
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 c2rothPremium
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The Cons will find a way to construe that these rules don't apply to this situation and that he'll be cleared of all "wrong-doing". |
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@videotron.ca | reply to dillyhammer
said by dillyhammer:said by hm :The title even stinks of corruption
The CRTC is arms' length from the government. Finance Minister Jim Flaherty has short little fsckin' arms. Is all. heh, that made me chuckle.
More today...
Flaherty in hot water over CRTC letter
»www.montrealgazette.com/news/Fin···ory.html
Jim Flaherty broke conflict of interest rules: Ethics commissioner
»www.thestar.com/news/canada/poli···-to-crtc
Now dillyhammer will have to come up with something funny using the words, "Influence peddling". |
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 sbrookPremium,Mod
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kudos:4 | Seems to me he's in effluent for his influence! |
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hm
@videotron.ca | Canada finance minister apologizes after reprimand
»ca.reuters.com/article/domesticN···20130118
Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty apologized on Friday for breaking ethics rules when he lobbied on behalf of a constituent who wanted to set up a radio station, and said it was an "oversight" that would not happen again. ...
Hrmph. How about that. Influence peddling only requires a Canadian Government Minister to say, "it was an oversight".
Bet not many people know this little factoid in Canadian ethics law that governs Ministers. |
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said by c2roth:The Cons will find a way to construe that these rules don't apply to this situation and that he'll be cleared of all "wrong-doing".
hence hte story on cbc website aobut how business regulations cost 6000 bucks
to which i reply cause we don't need to regulate xl foods now do we
HECK lets just add horse cat and dog to beef now like the uk does |
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