Excerpts from a Globe and Mail story.on rigged contracts awarded to friends and associates by the Canada School of Public Service
"The findings drew the ire of Treasury Board Minister Tony Clement, to whom the
school reports. 'We find the conduct described in this report is unacceptable,'
Mr. Clement said in a statement. 'The government will be seeking appropriate
sanctions against those responsible.'"
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So Hallellujah .. the public can now expect that people responsible for awarding government contracts to their friends or associates, will be charged like the criminals they are.
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"A federal watchdog is blowing the whistle again on a series of cooked contracts
at a school that teaches public servants about ethics and values.
Frank
Brunetta, the procurement ombudsman, said Tuesday he found more evidence that
the Canada School of Public Service rigged its contracts to make sure they went
to favoured suppliers"
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When the government's procurement ombudsman says something is true , there would appear to be good and sufficient grounds to believe it to be so.
It's his job.
We have here an institution known as the Canada School of Public Service which answers to Mr. Clements, The Honourable Stephen Harper's Treasury Board Cabinet Minister..
Since it was investigated by Mr. Brunetta ,we know it must be a government operation. Government has the right to investigate only it's own operations.
It's a quaint idea we borrowed from Sweden when the Honorable Bill Davis was in charge of Ontario's affairs.
Sweden has a different culture. When they talk about integrity, there are no shades of grey.
Isn't it interesting that when the Procurement Ombudsman finds corruption.....
"His office cannot levy fines or other penalties for bad behaviour, only
requiring that an action plan be drawn up"
Obviously he can't file criminal charges either.
We may however take comfort:
"The findings drew the ire of Treasury Board Minister Tony Clement, to whom
the school reports.
'We find the conduct described in this report is
unacceptable,' Mr. Clement said in a statement. 'The government will be seeking
appropriate sanctions against those responsible."
It brings back memories of the Ottawa inquiry into the sponsorship scandals of the Jean Chretien regime.
Some politicians went to jail I think.
The Honourable Jean Chretien, former Prime Minister was a witness at the inquiry and got up the nose of the Justice.
Who in turn, in high dudgeon, after it was all over ,wrote a book about the affair
Never heard it was a runaway best seller.
Thursday, 14 March 2013
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A School of Public Service that teaches ethics is a wondrous concept. One wonder how many graduates are currently serving on the staff of various towns and cities. Do they get paid more than those who did not attend?
Stephan Harper has a book on hockey. That's good & bad. Bad because he didn't even write it by himself. Good that he enlisted Roy McGregor who really knows about hockey.
Still, most people will wait until it is in the libraries. Not buying it for the kid.
10:22... I am sure that there are some towns and cities that would embrace someone that came through that school.
Aurora of course is not one of them with the way "some" councillors feel about mandating ethics and conduct.
11:57 AM
Are you serious? A school to teach adults ethics?
Please, 11:57 AM. Read the material. The school you are touting was found to have rigged bids worth many thousands of dollars on several occasions.
Could someone please explain. Conservative MP for Labrador, Peter Penashue, has resigned over accepting 'ineligible donations ' of about $4000 in his campaign. He blames that on an inexperienced volunteer. He plans to run in a by-election to regain his seat. Does that make economic sense to anyone? Won't a by-election cost the province much more?
4:20 PM
I'm not up on that but I can recall the Morrisites refusing to have a by-election after they hounded Grace Marsh from office. They claimed it would cost a whopping $5000. Little did we know what they were spending on other garbage at the time. So Councillor Gallo just waltzed into the position. He still claims that he has since been ' re-elected ' which is an enormous whopper.
There is an odd item on the Agenda. Odd because I cannot figure out why it is there. It involves building 2 houses on a vacant lot on Kennedy Street West. A previous Council took that to the OMB & lost. Is someone still fighting old expensive battles or has another new home builder or buyer on the street lodged yet another objection?
Is there no collective memory about past OMB cases? Just asking.
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