Another Misconception
So one of the Tory Ministers has racked up about a $150,000 in plane rentals, which he failed to disclose as part of his travel costs, which, to me at least, falls under the, "Well, he's a politician, isn't he?" view of our elected officials.
What did catch my eye as important, was this piece:
An official from the Prime Minister's Office recently followed a journalist off Parliament Hill, then approached the reporter to challenge a story about the PMO's refusal to disclose how Harper's travelling hairdresser is being paid.
The official told the reporter three times that accountability measures are for crooks, not honest people.
It appears to be a theme in the Harper government.
That's simply untrue. Crooks will be crooks regardless what accountability measures are in place. That just forces them to be a little creative, like not claiming plane rentals the Department pays for as part of their own travel costs, maybe? As I said, these are politicians. The best we can hope for is that we keep the theivery to minimum.
But back to the accountability measures. They are there to keep honest people honest. Remove controls and oversight, and even most honest people will start to skim. Accountability controls keep the honest people from becoming dishonest, and makes it a bit easier to track down the ones who were dishonest to begin with.
Like politicians who don't think accountability measures should apply to them.
