Do We Canadians Have a Right to Know How Much Time Our Civil Servants Spend on Social Media Sites While Working on Our Dime and Supposedly for Us?

                                                                                  

Studies show us that the cost of illegal use of Internet access by employees from corporations or governments based on 1,000 employees is $36 MILLION or more annually in lost productivity for one hour of such daily illegal web surfing by civil servants or other employees.

Statistics relating to employee computer and Internet abuse are alarming and should be of great concern not only to corporations but also to our elected representatives of the government.


How do our elected representatives who are supposedly in charge of looking after our tax dollars, in a prudent manner, continue to allow such unnecessary costs and abuse by civil servants unabated and without termination procedures in place.


Such flagrant disregard for taxpayers’ money is itself a breach of trust by our politicians.


Please take the time to read more about such facts @ http://www.snapshotspy.com/employee-computer-abuse-statistics.htm for future reference.

Our government has spent millions of our tax dollars arguing that taxpayers have no right to know how much time civil servants spend on social media sites, sports and entertainment websites or trying to access websites that show porn or promote “Racism and Hate” or “Drugs.”

The Toronto Stars' recent article @ http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/896435--civil-servants-internet-habits-kept-secret-from-taxpayers confirms such a waste and abuse of our tax dollars and the fact that our government continues to hide such information from us, the ones paying the bills.

When it involves public service work habits, public funds, transparency and openness must prevail.

The refusal to make public the Internet habits of our civil servants is a shady one at best.

Elected representatives, with such nonsensical, irresponsible and undemocratic approaches, deserve to be kicked out of office as such actions are not consistent with open and honest public service or a government that works for the people.

Let’s hear from you the ones having to foot the bill for such abuse by our civil servants.


More fact sources @ http://profit.ndtv.com/news/show/social-networking-costs-uk-businesses-22-2-billion-87716

Toronto Island Airport Gets Environmental Approval for Tunnel Link

Now that we have learned that a pedestrian tunnel would have no significant environmental impact and the fact that the TPA requires a an easement from the City to build any such tunnel, mayor elect Rob Ford must set a precondition that the outstanding tax arrears of $33,096,000 owing to the taxpayers of Toronto by the TPA shall be paid up in full prior to any further discussion with the city concerning the island airport expansion or consideration of an easement from the city for such a tunnel.

Until this precondition, that all TPA tax arrears are fully paid up, is met the enforcement of existing constraints on expansion must of course remain in effect.

Also the Canada Marine Act Regulation 2005-690 states, “the Toronto Port Authority shall not use, or permit any other person to use, the port to build a bridge or similar fixed link between the mainland of the City of Toronto and the Toronto Islands”.

One would hope that the waterfront community and the Island airport could hopefully reach a compromise position on any proposed expansion of the airport facilities which would be for the benefit of all Torontonians in the not too distant future.

http://www.insidetoronto.com/news/local/article/903904--environmental-report-gives-ok-to-proposed-city-airport-tunnel

Voting, like Jury Duty, Should be a Compulsory Civic Duty to Enhance Democracy, Participation and Political Awareness?

How many are of the opinion that voting should be a legal citizen obligation and "civic duty" under the law?

As individuals, we already have consented to laws that are more onerous, time-consuming and intrusive than a citizen’s occasional mandatory trip to a polling station.

Therefore voting like jury duty, compulsory schooling, driver’s licenses and paying our taxes should become another legal obligation and civic duty that is required under our laws.

Citizens failing to attend polling stations on Election Day would forfeit their right and ability to obtain certain services like social assistance, unemployment, welfare benefits, driver’s licenses, passports or health cards from governments?

This would be the fastest most effective way to raise the level of participation in our municipal, provincial and federal elections of minority and majority groups according to statistics?

3 days ago

http://www.idea.int/vt/compulsory_voting.cfm

Implementing mandatory voting as a legal obligation and civic duty, like jury duty, compulsory schooling, driver's licenses, and paying taxes, would require changes to existing laws.

Voting is a fundamental aspect of citizenship and it's important to ensure that everyone participates in the democratic process. Other legal obligations, such as paying taxes and serving on juries, are already widely accepted as necessary for a functioning society. Therefore, mandatory voting should be treated similarly.

Opponents of this idea argue that voting is a personal choice and that forcing people to vote could lead to unengaged and uneducated voters. Additionally, they argue that punitive measures for not voting, such as denying certain government services, could be unfair to those who are unable to vote due to legitimate reasons, such as illness or lack of access to polling stations.

Overall, whether or not mandatory voting should become a legal obligation and civic duty is an issue that requires careful consideration of the potential benefits and drawbacks. It's up to policymakers and society as a whole to decide whether or not mandatory voting is the best approach to promoting a healthy and representative democracy.