Liberals ran a platform on being more open and transparent when it came to governing Canada - https://www.liberal.ca/openness-and-transparency/ This presentation will discuss key failures when it comes to open and transparent government

1. OPEN AND TRANSPARENT
GOVERNMENT – JUSTIN
TRUDEAU AND LIBERALS –
FEBRUARY 2019
PAUL YOUNG CPA CGA
FEBRUARY 10, 2019

2. PAUL YOUNG - BIO
• CPA, CGA
• Academia (PF1, FA4 and MS2)
• SME – Risk Management
• SME – Close, Consolidate and Reporting
• SME – Public Policy
• SME – Internal Controls
• SME – Financial Planning and Analysis
• SME – Business Strategy
• SME – Emerging Technology
• SME – Financial Solutions
• SME – Business Process Change
• SME – Supply Chain Management
Contact information:
Paul_Young_CGA@Hotmail.com

3. AGENDA
• Introduction
• Definition of Open and Transparent Government
• Justin Trudeau Open and Transparent government
• Access to Information Failures
• Fiscal Monitor Changes
• Ethical violations
• LavaGate
• Deficits
• Foreign Affairs and Policies
• Colten Boushie Trial
• Terri-Lyn McClintic
• Conclusion

4. INTRODUCTION
• Liberals ran a platform on being more open and transparent when it came to governing Canada - https://www.liberal.ca/openness-and-
transparency/
• This presentation will discuss key failures when it comes to open and transparent government

5. OPEN AND TRANSPARENT GOVERNMENT
Source - https://ballotpedia.org/Government_transparency

6. JUSTIN TRUDEAU OPEN AND TRANSPARENT
GOVERNMENT
2015 Election Campain
• Trudeau has failed on access to information -
https://ipolitics.ca/2018/03/28/trust-me-trudeau-has-forgotten-
what-got-him-elected/ “If that’s the test, the Liberals have
flunked, big time. After three years in power, openness has
given way to opacity. Just this week, it took a grilling by the
opposition to get the Prime Minister to admit that he received
an overnight bag from the Aga Khan as a gift during his now-
infamous vacation on Bell Island. Trudeau hadn’t disclosed the
gift because it was deemed “unacceptable” by the Ethics
Commissioner, and thus did not have to be publicly disclosed
due to the wording of the Conflict of Interest Act, which only
requires the disclosure of “acceptable” gifts over the amount of
$200, other than those from a relative or friend. Trudeau still
refuses to reveal the value of the gift or what happened to it,
and while it might appear petty to insist on knowing whether
the bag was Walmart or Vuitton, that’s what you get when you
win power over promises to “do things differently” from your
secretive predecessors.”

7. ACCESS TO INFORMATION FAILURES
Source - http://www.michaelgeist.ca/2018/06/canadas-access-to-information-open-data-fail-departments-months-behind-posting-summaries-of-completed-requests/

8. FISCAL MONITOR
Source - https://www.fin.gc.ca/pub/fm-rf-index-eng.asp
• The fiscal monitor gives insight to how the Government Canada on the government taxation and spending cycles
March 2018 – Fiscal Monitor
April 2018 – Fiscal Monitor
As of April 2018 the Liberals no longer report
direct program spending by key departments

9. ETHICAL VIOLATIONS / LIBERALS
• Trudeau never truly accepted the ruling from the
ethics commissioner.
• Trudeau was also convicted of another ethical
violations (gift) -
https://globalnews.ca/news/3930242/commentary-
the-real-scandal-is-how-justin-trudeaus-four-ethics-
violations-carry-no-punishment/
• Morneau and the Villa -
https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/bill-
morneau-pays-the-price-for-french-villa-omission-
with-200-fine-from-ethics-commissioner
• Leblanc and the Fishing Contract -
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-
dominic-leblanc-found-in-conflict-of-interest-for-
awarding-clam/
No where in Canadian history has either PM or
Minister of Finance ever been convicted of ethical
issues

10. LAVAGATE
• New Minister of Justice refuses to open up the Justice
Committee to debating the Lavalin case -
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/ag-sees-no-
justification-for-probe-of-alleged-pmo-interference-in-
snc-lavalin-case-1.4289301
• Liberals again are hiding information for their own
reasons.
• Failing to open up the what happen with PMO
and Jody Wilson-Raybould means the Liberals are
neither transparent nor open when it comes to
information.

11. DEFICITS
Justin Trudeau will not have a
balance budget in 2019
Att'n - Liberal followers and/or anti-harper You cannot look at
deficits as whole number unless you look at the details. Liberals
seem to always quote the deficits by Harper but convenient
leave out the 2008-2009 recession.
https://www.slideshare.net/paulyoungcga/fiscal-management-
cycle-surpluses-deficits-canada-harper-vs-trudeau

12. FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND POLICIES
Trudeau said Canada is back
when it comes Foreign Policies
Globe is so far off! @JustinTrudeau has been failure on Foreign
Policy. @stephenharper was very solid.
I am suspecting that Globe is only looking at the UN angle
rather than country by country relationship!
https://www.slideshare.net/paulyoungcga/foreign-policies-
and-affairs-is-canada-back-justin-trudeau-prime-minister-of-
canada
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-liberal-and-
conservative-worldview-so-close-that-election-isnt-
worth/?utm_medium=Referrer:+Social+Network+/+Media&ut
m_campaign=Shared+Web+Article+Links

13. COLTEN BOUSHIE TRIAL • Dangerous changes to the Criminal Code -
https://www.thepostmillennial.com/canada-is-using-online-
outrage-to-make-dangerous-changes-to-the-criminal-code/
“But the public is being misled.
Wilson-Raybould later tempered her Twitter pronouncement
by saying she wasn’t talking about any specific case, but the
message was clear: she would “fix” the law so future Gerald
Stanleys would be convicted.
The solution was Bill C-75, which has now passed third reading
in parliament.
Joseph Neuberger, a Canadian criminal lawyer and legal expert
warns that “this was a knee jerk reaction to one high profile
case that makes for very bad law and can lead to increased
time for jury trials and harms fairness for accused individuals.”
”

14. TERI-LYNNE MCCLINTIC
It was the liberals that change the
mandate for Corrections Canada
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-safety-
canada/news/2018/09/mandate-letter-
for-the-commissioner-of-the-
correctional-service-of-canada-issued-by-
minister-goodale.html or Goodale’s bad
practices statement -
https://globalnews.ca/news/4497189/ro
b-breakenridge-liberals-tone-deaf-
mcclintic-case/
Rodney Stafford was never properly informed of the
transferred https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/terri-lynne-
mcclintic-transferred-out-of-healing-lodge-rodney-stafford-
1.4168632

15. CONCLUSION
• Liberals have been more close shop when it comes to information than any previous governments
• Liberals will not own their mistakes as such continue to blame the Conservative Party of Canada.
• Liberals to policies is more about votes than sound policies. The Liberals only act when there is a crisis.
• Liberals broken major promises including being more open and transparent when it comes to access to
information.