Unaccountable

As if we needed more evidence that Harper government sees "accountability" as an excuse to inflict punishment on its political enemies rather than a value that it's even remotely interested in promoting, take a look at today's examples of the Cons' determination to cut any non-partisan sources out of government decision-making:

- The Cons are once again making Canada's laws on the long-gun registry inapplicable by fiat;

- More information has come out about the completely opaque process being used to select a new RCMP commissioner;

- Word comes out that Environment Minister John Baird has entirely avoided meeting with the scientists who know the most about the most central environmental issue now facing Canada; and

- A Con MP has vividly demonstrated his party's values by noting that eating doughnuts is a higher priority than answering for election promises.

But just in case you were worried that nobody was being asked to answer for anything, anybody who was involved in federal government polling more than four years ago will be put under the microscope.