The Canadians Got It Right, It's YOUR money

[Shamalama]

Canadian officials forced to list expenses online

OTTAWA, April 1 (Reuters) - Do you suspect the foreign minister is racking up massive travel bills? Are top officials at the energy ministry dining their friends at taxpayers' expense? Now you can find out by turning on your computer.

From Thursday, as part of a drive by the Canadian government to clean up politics, all federal ministers and their aides -- as well as top bureaucrats -- have to list their expenses on official departmental Web sites.

"Making this kind of information available online demonstrates our commitment to functioning in an ethical and transparent manner," said Reg Alcock, head of the government's Treasury Board, which oversees all spending.

The measures were announced last year after it emerged that former privacy commissioner George Radwanski and his press aide had racked up C$510,000 ($390,000) on travel, meals and hotels in just two years. He was forced to resign over the affair.

Full story at: http://cnn.netscape.cnn.com/ns/news/story....0&w=RTR&coview=

[maisky]

Wouldn't that be a nice thought if the US government did that? All of them....