CONSEQUENCES!

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In comments from AnnR she writes that this blog should focus on "big" issues pointing out that she is or was in Northern Labrador where they all know about accountability... and suggesting that tips for some over-worked and underpaid wait staff member are not an appropriate focus.

For those of you not familiar with the recent scandal in Newfoundland that AnnR is referring to here is a recap courtesy of CTV of Justice Pike's statement when he was sentencing former Conservative Minister Byrne. \

"When officials enrich themselves or others in circumstances such as this, there is an undermining of the confidence in the democratic system," Pike said in sentencing Byrne to two years less a day. "The need for denunciation is so pressing that incarceration in custody is the only suitable way to express society's condemnation of the offender's conduct."

In January, the 45-year-old former leader of the Progressive Conservative party pleaded guilty to fraud over $5,000 and influence peddling related to his expense account.

Gee, AnnR ..... sounds to me like the folks who were supposed to be monitoring and vetting the good Minister's expense accounts were not doing their job... looks like officials and Judges in Newfoundland thought that was sufficient to move them to action.....

This blog is about transparency and accountability which I find lacking in SWSDA.... my blogs about these things are simply to give examples and ask questions that I think should have been asked by Board Members, Municipalities and Federal and Provincial agencies.