Why do Canadians keep rewarding Conservatives for their ethical breaches?: Chapnick

[CHIMO]

It is hard to have much sympathy for the predicament that Conservatives find themselves in today.

The party that claimed for years to be different from its Liberal predecessor in terms of its ethical fortitude has been exposed as just as vulnerable to the corruption that seems inevitable when politicians are handed too much power for too long.

It’s not just the Patrick Brazeaus, Mike Duffys, and Pamela Wallins who have erred. That most Conservative MPs seem to be satisfied that the three senators have been expelled from caucus, rather than from the Senate itself, is equally disturbing.

Indeed, the standard Conservative solution to scandals of any sort over the last seven years has been to try to make them disappear – to ignore what seem to be systemic problems within the Canadian political system – and to move on as if nothing ever happened.

http://www.thestar.com/opinion/commentary/2013/05/21/why_do_canadians_keep_rewarding_conservatives_for_their_ethical_breaches_chapnick.html

[shockedcanadian]

1. Without a doubt

The most recent revelations are cause for concern. What is disturbing is that I think that most Canadians have "normalized" these activities because so many leaders have succeeded in getting away with it for so long, thus, none expects nor even demands accountability.

What is the answer to this problem? It is deeply rooted in our culture and it doesn't bode well for our nations future if it persists.