The Liberals "Open and transparent" government.

[Argus]

So today we learned that the Liberals are vetting applications for judicial appointments against a party list of donors and friends.

The Prime Minister’s Office is using a private party database called Liberalist in its background checks on candidates for judicial appointments, a tool that allows them to see whether would-be judges have supported the Liberal Party in recent years, records show.

The Liberal Party designed the database to be used for partisan purposes, such as helping Liberal candidates track and reach their supporters during election campaigns.

Hmmm. Didn't they say, last election that their 

“All judicial appointments follow our new, open, independent, transparent and merit-based process" Uh huhhhhhhh.

Meanwhile, the Liberals are cracking down on bidders for their endlessly complex and never-to-be-completed shipbuilding program to make sure the public hears and reads as little about what's going on as possible.

Companies interested in providing a new icebreaker to the coast guard have been threatened by the Liberal government which is increasingly using gag orders to prevent details about proposed federal procurements from being reported on.

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/liberals-tighten-rules-to-prevent-prospective-bidders-from-talking-about-military-procurements-and-shipbuilding/wcm/cc38e831-9e72-45b8-bc31-0b0bca8259ea

And lest we forget, their own Information Commissioner has criticized their secrecy, saying it was worse than under Harper. So much for sunny ways and open and transparent government.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canadas-access-to-information-system-has-worsened-under-trudeau-government-report/article36407309/

[jacee]

Yup. Libs just carry on where the Cons left off.

Then Cons carry on where the Libs left off.

A never-ending grab for power and money.

Will we ever smarten up and get off the Lib-Con seesaw? 

[betsy]

Right now, let's just focus on the current government. 

So many things done on the sly by this Trudeau government.  

Edited April 24, 2019 by betsy

[eyeball]

2 hours ago, jacee said:

Will we ever smarten up and get off the Lib-Con seesaw? 

When we realize that political parties like the Liberals and Conservatives are sitting together on the same end of the seesaw away from us.

We need far more polarization between the governed and the government in this world.  Instead we fight and vote over differences in the style and manner of our governance.

Edited April 24, 2019 by eyeball

[Argus]

More evidence of how open and transparent the Trudeau Liberals are.

The public will not be allowed to know whether a federal environmental assessment was recommended for Northern Pulp’s proposed effluent treatment plant before it is a moot point.

According to the legislation governing it, the Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency had 45 days from Northern Pulp’s Jan. 31 registration of its controversial project with the province to determine whether a significantly longer federal assessment would be required.

On Thursday the CEAA responded that they will need 150 days to find the recommendation they made to McKenna and to consult with her department on releasing it.

The notice of a 120-day extension to the legislated requirement of a response within 30 days, adds that if McKenna’s department challenges the release of the recommendation, it could take longer.

That would, coincidently, push the release of the recommendation until after the federal election scheduled for Oct. 21. The Chronicle Herald is appealing the delays.

https://www.thechronicleherald.ca/news/local/ottawa-withholding-northern-pulp-assessment-recommendation-until-after-federal-election-308013/#.XM08-41wGX8.twitter