Feds get poor grade for accountability: Democracy Watch

Feds get poor grade for accountability: Democracy Watch

3 days ago

OTTAWA — An accountability watchdog says the Conservative federal government gets a D grade this year for transparency and democratic reform.

Democracy Watch says the Harper government has strengthened or tried to strengthen accountability in a number of areas, but has weakened it in others, resulting in the poor grade overall.

The report says the government could have earned a B grade had it implemented all the reforms promised in the 2006 election campaign. But it hasn't acted on 27 changes it promised, the group says.

It also says the government has left a lot of loopholes that hurt accountability and transparency and should bring in a tougher accountability act.

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