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Loading... Gomery's Blinders and Canadian Federalismby Ruth Hubbard
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In 2004, Paul Martin asked Justice John Gomery to lead a public inquiry into potential misspending in the federal Sponsorship Program, a relatively small investment of taxpayers' money to try to convince Quebeckers of the benefits of Canadian federalism in the aftermath of the 1995 referendum on Quebec separation. The Gomery inquiry chose to focus exclusively on the sordid details of the money laundering and paid no attention to the deeper causes and sources of the problem: the dysfunctions of an existing centralized governing apparatus that is tearing the fabric of the country a No library descriptions found. |
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Among the most interesting discussions in the book is why Justice Gomery did not question the basic premise of the sponsorship program, and whether it is legitimate for the government of all Canadians to use taxpayers' money to convince a subset of voters to choose one vision of Canada over another. (