fildebrandt.ca

The Canadian Press is reporting that Justice Minister Rob Nicholson has rejected recommendations by a committee to modernize Canada’s antiquated (26 years old) Access to Information and Privacy Laws. This should come as no surprise because:

1. It came from a committee; and
2. It would allow individuals and organizations to better track wasteful spending (which would make my day much easier thank you)

While I’m not one to cite the Obama administration very often for its economic policies, it has gone far beyond the Canadian federal government in terms of transparency in spending.  It’s about time we had an equivalent of recovery.org, where taxpayers can get real information quickly, without haggling with bureaucrats for half of what they asked for, 3 months after they file for it.

Click on image to view the complaint wording

So it seems that Jeniffer Lynch and her “Human Rights” thugs are not only above the law when it comes to censoring innocent Canadians for their opinions, but that they are also above basic government accountability as well.

In a post yesterday, I indicated that the CHRC was not able to provide receipts for Commissar Lynch’s travels to Vienna , Geneva, Dublin, Copenhagen and Kuala Lampur within the normal timeline.  After reading yesterday’s post  however; I believe that I left out a critically important element of the Thought Police’s excuse for not providing the information.  According to ATIP Coordinator Ginette Bastien, providing a few mere receipts within the statutory 30-day limit would “unreasonably interfere with the operations” of the Canadian Human Rights Commission.

While the CHRC might unreasonably interfere with the rights to freedom of speech, assembly and conscious of free-born citizens, I hardly think that such a modest and straight forward request will put any undue stress on our Dear Leaders.

It would seem that Canada’s “human rights” czar, Chief Commissar Jennifer Lynch is not able to produce receipts for a few global junkets that she has taken, at least not within the normal timeline prescribed for Access to Information requests.  In letters dated September 21, the Canadian “Human Rights” Commission indicated that it cannot provide this basic information on time, and that an extention of an extra 30 days is required.

I spend a good portion of my time filing Access to Information requests as a part of my job of exposing government waste, so its not suprising when some responses indicate that an extension will be required beyond the normal timeframe.  That is, when the request is a complicated and wide-ranging one, not mere receipts.

I look forward to seeing the expenses of Commissar Lynch’s trips to Vienna , Geneva, Dublin, Copenhagen and Kuala Lampur in 30 days time.

Have you ever wondered what it feels like to have the KGB knock on your door, ask for directions to the corner store and walk away?  The other morning I had what I imagine to be a similar experience when I received this (see below) envelope in the mail.

After staring at it on my desk, wondering what the Lynch-mob had in store for me, I opened it only to find that it was an acknowledgement of an Access to Information Request.  As they say, in “Soviet Russia, Lynch watches you.”