mackaycartoons

Graeme MacKay's Editorial Cartoon Archive

  • Archives
  • Kings & Queens
  • Prime Ministers
  • Sharing
  • Special Features
  • The Boutique
  • Who?
  • Young Doug Ford
  • Presidents

Friday, June 7, 2013

June 7, 2013 by Graeme MacKay
Share
Tweet
Pin
Share
Share
0 Shares

By popular demand this cartoon has been made available for purchase in the form of greeting cards, posters, prints, sitckers and even t-shirts and hoodies!
Friday, June 7, 2013By Graeme MacKay, The Hamilton Spectator – Friday, June 7, 2013

Dalton McGuinty staffers deleted gas plant emails

For SaleSenior staff members in the offices of both the Ontario energy minister and former premier Dalton McGuinty intentionally deleted emails about the cancellation of gas plants in Oakville and Mississauga, according to the province’s privacy commissioner.

The finding, published in a special report Wednesday called Deleting Accountability: Records Management Practices of Political Staff, adds fuel to opposition accusations that Ontario’s Liberal government was trying to cover up the cost of cancelling the controversial projects.

After conducting a special investigation into NDP complaints, Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian determined that senior Liberal staff in McGuinty’s office broke the law by deleting all emails sent and received on the matter by former chiefs of staff.

The investigation was sparked after the NDP complained to Cavoukian that documents they had obtained through Freedom of Information requests did not contain emails for several top McGuinty aides.

“It is difficult to accept that the routine deletion of emails was not in fact an attempt by staff in the former minister’s office to avoid transparency and accountability in relation to their work,” Cavoukian wrote in her report.

“Further, I have trouble accepting that this practice was simply part of a benign attempt to efficiently manage one’s email accounts.”

She singled out David Livingston and Craig MacLennan, the former chiefs of staff for McGuinty and the energy minister respectively, and concluded that the offices violated the Archives and Recordkeeping Act and undermined the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. (Source: CBC News)
[slideshow_deploy id=’824′]

Posted in: Ontario Tagged: Ann Cavoukian, Dalton McGuinty, Gas Plant Scandal, Kathleen Wynne, Mississauga, Oakville, Ontario, Ontario Liberal Party
← Thursday, June 6, 2013
Wednesday June 12, 2013 →

Please note…

This website contains satirical commentaries of current events going back several decades. Some readers may not share this sense of humour nor the opinions expressed by the artist. To understand editorial cartoons it is important to understand their effectiveness as a counterweight to power. It is presumed readers approach satire with a broad minded foundation and healthy knowledge of objective facts of the subjects depicted.

Social Media Connections

Link to our Facebook Page
Link to our Flickr Page
Link to our Pinterest Page
Link to our Twitter Page
Link to our Website Page
  • HOME
  • Sharing
  • The Boutique
  • The Hamilton Spectator
  • Artizans Syndicate
  • Association of Canadian Cartoonists
  • Wes Tyrell
  • Martin Rowson
  • Guy Bado’s Blog
  • You Might be From Hamilton if…
  • MacKay’s Most Viral Cartoon
  • Intellectual Property Thief Donkeys
  • National Newswatch
  • Young Doug Ford

Your one-stop-MacKay-shop…

T-shirts, hoodies, clocks, duvet covers, mugs, stickers, notebooks, smart phone cases and scarfs

Brand New Designs!

Follow me on Twitter

My Tweets
Follow Graeme's board My Own Cartoon Favourites on Pinterest.

MacKay’s Virtual Gallery

Archives

Copyright © 2016 mackaycartoons.net

Powered by Wordpess and Alpha.

 

Loading Comments...