Ethno-Politics Poison Canadian Democracy
Naresh Raghubeer and David Harris - 8/4/2007
Last week, Ontario Auditor-General Jim McCarter reported that the province's Immigration and Citizenship Ministry has been dispensing millions of dollars in grants to ethnic groups under a process that is "not open, transparent or accountable." In many cases, groups got money simply because their members were chummy with ministry insiders. "In essence, the decisions behind 'who got what' were often based on conversations, not applications," Mr. McCarter concluded.

But Mr. McCarter's report does not merely highlight a failure of process in an otherwise sound government disbursement program. What the Auditor-General documents is nothing less than a taxpayer-funded political black market based on "ethnic" and religious vote-buying.

Dalton McGuinty's government marked the 2006 and 2007 fiscal year-end by rushing $32.5-million dollars out the treasury's door. Destination: cultural and religious groups likely to vote Liberal in the coming October elections.

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