The Gomery Inquiry

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This paper explores the reactions to the Liberal Party corruption of the Chretien administration and its implications in terms of sentiment within a Western advanced democracy. It explains how the underlying issue is one of how such illicit spending should be possible, in comparison with similar Commonwealth democracies having checks and balances to prevent it. The author claims that much has been written to condemn and explain corruption investigated by the Gomery Commission but critics not a lack of debate on how to block future practices of the kind.

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"This paper examines the Gomery Inquiry for its significance to Canadian democracy in the early 20th century. Of particular interest is the Inquiry's impact upon public morale, in terms of both wide scale cynicism pertaining to Canadian government and politics, in our day, and also, the impact of the Inquiry' foremost findings. It seems agreed by political scientists that a democratic system needs to impart a sense of accountability, in avoiding corruption and, especially, at its higher levels. Populations used to democratic systems of government and their institutions reflect a culture expecting politicians and bureaucrats to keep up an ideal of honesty and systems that will locate and correct transgressions of law and ..."

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