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CHIMO Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-30-08 08:09 PM
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Gomery: 'Where are reforms?'
OTTAWA–The man who investigated the sponsorship scandal says Prime Minister Stephen Harper seems to have abandoned any commitment he once had to transparent government in favour of a top-down style that centralizes power in his own hands.

John Gomery, in a wide-ranging interview marking the second anniversary of his final report, expressed dismay that the federal Conservatives have ignored his key recommendations for reform.

"I have to tell you, I'm very disappointed," Gomery said from the farm in Havelock, Que., where he now lives in retirement.

His verdict on the Harper government is harsh: "They were glad to see the end of the commission (of inquiry), and they'd like me to disappear. . . I'm a pain, I'm a bit of a menace."

http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/298911

Maybe he should keep up the heat! Although it doesn't seem he has tried to make it a political issue to date!

Sounds good. But if he wants something done he has to do something about it.

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Hand Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 11:12 AM
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1. Gomery and Keen should keep Steve's feet to the fire.
Along with all the rest of his incompetent gang of sycophants. :grr:
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daleo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-31-08 02:27 PM
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2. The Conservative Party and their corporate/media friends used Gomery
Once he was no longer useful, they tossed him aside like an old shoe. Maybe I am a cynic, but it is hard to believe he is surprised by this turn of events.
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