by Mark Bourrie
"Ottawa has become a place where the nation's business is done in secret, and access to information - the lifeblood of any democracy - is under attack. The public's right to know has been undermined by a government that effectively killed Statistics Canada, fired hundreds of scientists and statisticians. gutted Library and Archives Canada and turned freedom in information rules into a joke. Facts, it would seem, are no longer important."
With this, the author goes on to highlight how the Harper government has systematically worked to make it almost impossible for Canadians, and the media that is supposed to inform them, to have access to the information they need to make decisions.
As we wend our way slowly to Election 2015, this is one book that critical-thinking voters should read.
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