Culture of Secrecy by Darcy Henton, Avenue Magazine Edmonton, May 26, 2009.
Ed Stelmach promised transparency when he came to office, but somewhere along the way, the wheels fell off the accountability track. “I am exhausted trying to get what is supposed to be public data,” [Ernst] says. [Emphasis added]
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