For those asleep at the time, Stephen Harper got himself elected by promising to implement much of what Justice Gomery recommended (not all, granted, but a good deal of it).
Well, it seems that Gomery just became another thorn in Harper's side:
The overall goal was to reverse a growing trend — decades in the making — toward centralization of power in the hands of the prime minister and his inner circle, a situation that critics saw as an invitation to the abuse of power.
It was a goal that Mr. Harper appeared to share when he was in opposition, says Mr. Gomery. But since he took power “there's more concentration of power in the Prime Minister's Office than we've ever had before, which is quite remarkable in a minority government, but he's pulled it off.”
Mr. Gomery also points to the Tory failure to revamp the Access to Information Act to make it easier for journalists and other citizens to pry documentation from the bureaucracy.
“The government was saying at the time (of the report) that transparency was very important and that they wanted to improve transparency. In practice it's been an exact reverse.”
It's good to see Justice Gomery calling Harper's bunch out for their blatant hypocrisy since taking power. (and not doing what they claimed they were all about)
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