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Secrets in High Places |
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| Format | Softcover | |
| Catalogue No. | 1-55002-423-X | |
| Pages | 221 | |
| Language | English only | |
| Price on sale | $13.99 (reduced from $22.99) | |
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Written by Jay Innes. Published by Breakout Educational Network in association with Dundurn Press, 2003. Description: |
| Secrets in High Places is the story of a group of young
researchers who set out in the summer of 1998 to evaluate the Canada
Infrastructure Works Program (CIWP), a government initiative that promised to
repair the country's crumbling infrastructure while creating much-needed jobs
for Canadians. During their investigation, the researchers discovered that many of the projects that received funding had nothing to do with infrastructure, and the government's claim that the CIWP was reducing unemployment was questionable at best. What was most disturbing, however, was how difficult it was for them to obtain any reliable information on the program at all. At every turn, the group was met with suspicion, secrecy and mistrust. Although three levels of government (federal, provincial and municipal) participated in the program, no one, at any level, could tell them how and why particular decisions were made -- or even who was responsible! Their findings reveal an alarming truth about the nature of government spending in Canada: it is a shamefully unaccountable process that almost entirely excludes the ordinary citizen. |
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