{"id":5319,"date":"2010-05-17T11:27:30","date_gmt":"2010-05-17T15:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wykontario.org\/?p=5319"},"modified":"2010-05-17T11:27:30","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T15:27:30","slug":"a-glimpse-of-an-un-redacted-document","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wykontario.org\/?p=5319","title":{"rendered":"A Glimpse of an Un-Redacted Document"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Through Rose-Coloured Glasses)<\/strong><\/p>\n

In a historic ruling, Speaker Peter Milliken ruled the Conservative government could be considered in contempt of Parliament for refusing MPs a look at secret records on Afghan detainees, and gave the government and opposition two weeks to work out a compromise over the release of the documents. And after much fighting and threatening, MPs finally agreed on a legal framework of releasing those documents. Here is a glimpse of what an un-redacted document<\/strong> will look like : <\/em><\/p>\n

A PREVIOUSLY REDACTED DOCUMENT<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nStephen Harper is no less determined than his predecessors to<\/span><\/span> personally control the agenda. But we\u2019ve had six years now of <\/span><\/span>minority government, and during those years <\/span><\/span>Parliament has become an increasingly<\/span><\/span> powerful counterweight to the administration of the day.<\/span><\/span>
\nParliamentary committees have started exercising their <\/span><\/span>power to compel individuals to appear before them and to explain their actions. <\/span><\/span>Private member\u2019s bills have actually become <\/span><\/span>the law of the land.
\nAnd in an ultimate test and exercise of power, the <\/span><\/span>opposition parties combined to force the government to show them the <\/span><\/span>uncensored documents relating to the treatment of detainees in <\/span><\/span>Afghanistan.
\nThere have been <\/span><\/span>mistakes. The attempt in <\/span><\/span>2008 to force a coalition government on the Canadian people was an adolescent effort by the opposition to wield its newfound power. <\/span><\/span>As coalition negotiations in London this week demonstrated, <\/span><\/span>voters expect the party with the most seats to be part of the <\/span><\/span>government.
\nAnd Mr. Harper, fighting back against this new threat to his hegemony, has used <\/span><\/span>the power of prorogation so cavalierly that Parliament may have to <\/span><\/span>take that power away from him.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

AND NOW AN UN-REDACTED DOCUMENT<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nStephen Harper is no less determined than his predecessors to<\/span><\/span> personally control the agenda. But we\u2019ve had six years now of <\/span><\/span>minority government, and during those years <\/span><\/span>Parliament has become an increasingly<\/span><\/span> powerful counterweight to the administration of the day.<\/span><\/span>
\nParliamentary committees have started exercising their <\/span><\/span>power to compel individuals to appear before them and to explain their actions. <\/span><\/span>Private member\u2019s bills have actually become <\/span><\/span>the law of the land.
\nAnd in an ultimate test and exercise of power, the <\/span><\/span>opposition parties combined to force the government to show them the <\/span><\/span>uncensored documents relating to the treatment of detainees in <\/span><\/span>Afghanistan.
\nThere have been <\/span><\/span>mistakes. The attempt in <\/span><\/span>2008 to force a coalition government on the Canadian people was an adolescent effort by the opposition to wield its newfound power. <\/span><\/span>As coalition negotiations in London this week demonstrated, <\/span><\/span>voters expect the party with the most seats to be part of the <\/span><\/span>government.
\nAnd Mr. Harper, fighting back against this new threat to his hegemony, has used <\/span><\/span>the power of prorogation so cavalierly that Parliament may have to <\/span><\/span>take that power away from him.<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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