[GMMAC]

Although I'll reserve judgment until I've actually read the entire proposal, it sounds like red-Tory bandaids when full blown invasive major surgery is really the only possible remedy for what now ails the nation.

The mandarin class within the public service are already running government - not only federally, but at all levels - and most certainly doesn't need more, largely unaccountable, power !!!

Canadians need to abandon the fairy tale that these fat cats in corner offices are apolitical or unselfish or well-meaning when the reality is the exact opposite. They are arrogant, social-engineering, tax dollar squandering elitists who don't give a rat's hind quarters what the peoples' representatives current say because they firmly believe they have jobs for life and will still be in their positions long after any government is gone.

Real reform would start with politicians, rather than just posing for photo-ops, actually rolling up their sleeves and taking on the much tougher job - but the one they're elected to do - of hands-on running of government.
It would continue with adopting the U.S. system where bureaucrats above a certain level are appointed by the government of the day and serve only at its pleasure and only for as long as it holds office.

Beyond this, governments shouldn't be advertising - period.
NEWSFLASH TO CPC BRAIN TRUST: it's not as if they have competition !!!

[Stevieboy]

The only way to deal with corruption is to reduce the size of the bureaucracy - and massively. There's less opportunity for sleaze when there's barely enough time to deal with the stuff that actually matters.