Edmonton Sun | 21May2010 | Orest Slepokura
http://www.edmontonsun.com/comment/2010/05/21/14035486.html
Parliamentary democracy?
Abe Lincoln defined representative democracy as "government of the
people, by the people, for the people." In theory, I'm sure most
Canadian parliamentarians would agree; but in practice, they evidently
consider it government of the MPs, by the MPs and, most especially, for
the MPs.
By denying the auditor general oversight of their expense
accounts, totalling some $500,000,000, they demonstrate that
collectively all have something they'd rather remained secret. Time to
come clean, boys and girls!
Orest Slepokura
(We elect our most
ambitious, not our best and brightest.)
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Winnipeg Sun | 22May2010 | Orest Slepokura
http://www.winnipegsun.com/comment/letters/2010/05/21/14041331.html
Come clean MPs
Re: ‘MPs’ audit denial nuts,’ Greg Weston, May 20, 2010.
Abe Lincoln defined representative democracy as “government of the
people, by the people, for the people.” In theory, I’m sure most
Canadian parliamentarians would agree; but in practice, they evidently
consider it government of the MPs, by the MPs, and, most especially,
for the MPs.
By denying the auditor general oversight of their expense accounts,
totalling some $500,000,000, they demonstrate that collectively all
have something they’d rather remained secret. Time to come clean, boys
and girls!
Orest Slepokura, Strathmore, Alta
(You’re lumping the
great Abe Lincoln in with our clowns?)
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Calgary Sun | 22May2010 | Orest Slepokura
Looking out for no. 1
Re: “MPs’ audit denial nuts,” Greg Weston, May 20, 2010.
Abe Lincoln
defined representative democracy as “government of the people, by the
people, for the people.” In theory, I’m sure most parliamentarians
would agree, but in practice, they evidently consider it government of
the MPs, by the MPs, and, most especially, for the MPs. By denying the
auditor general oversight of their expense accounts (worth $500
million), they demonstrate that collectively all have something they’d
rather remained secret. Time to come clean, boys and girls!
Orest Slepokura
(The more they balk, the
more suspicious Canadians become.)