Commission of inquiry into the sponsorship program and advertising activities

Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs. Assembly of First Nations. Congress of Aboriginal People. Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami. Inuit Circumpolar Council of Canada. United Native Friendship Centre. All too often these governments have non-elected, bureaucratic public servants form and enforce policies that profoundly affect Aboriginal rights. The bottom line is that public servants such as Deputy Ministers, Assistant Deputy Ministers, heads of agencies, and other senior officials have no authority to make decisions on policy or any other approach government should take with its management of the public sector.

When senior public officials overstep their authority in Canada the status quo of forced assimilation and cultural genocide is reinforced. Interesting, is that the very rhetoric that has been heard repeatedly from Canadian governments against Aboriginal governance regarding a lack of accountability and transparency, is exactly what is wrong with non-Aboriginal governments in Canada.

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The report is available in two formats: Executive Summary Inquiry Report two volumes. Includes: Fact Finding Report : over pages - the facts and the inquiry Forensic Audit : over pages - the appendices Summary. Restoring Accountability. The second report focuses on the two issues of accountability and transparency.

The recommendations report volume is supported by three research volumes containing the text of 17 research studies which were commissioned specifically to assist Justice Gomery in making his recommendations. Political scientist Dr. Donald Savoie, the Director of Research for the Commission, was responsible for generating this research.