Who Altered The KAIROS Docs?

February 11, 2011 by PattiM
Filed under: Out of the Shadows

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Reference Article: The Globe & Mail
One would think it would be a no brainer that when a document is produced for the signature of one or more government officials or parliamentarians, that no alterations would be made to the document along the way. Doesn’t appear to matter with this current government.

Last year CIDA denied funding for KAIROS, a group of churches doing work in developing countries. In one instance, an MP, Jason Kenny, bragged during a speech that the funding was cut off because of the groups criticism of Israel. The official story became that the group didn’t meet the funding priorities of CIDA.

Rather fishy sounding but, with this government’s secretive ways, who was to prove different. Now we learn, the funding was not initially intended to be cut off. The document circulated for signing recommended the funding continue — at least initially.

Someone, somewhere in the process, inserted the word “NOT” in handwriting. At least one of those signing the document said the word was not there when she signed. Bev Oda, the last signatory, would not answer the question when she appeared before a parliamentary committee on the matter. Her response was: “It’s like we’re on CSI or an investigative forensic thing – who’s put the ‘not’ in. I’d like to know what your issue is,” she said then. “What is your issue?”

My issue is, someone changed a government document and no one is owning up to who or why. This refusal of funding was presented as routine. If it had been, the document would have been sent back to be corrected before being signed. In an honest and transparent process, the document at minimum should have been initialled by those signing to indicate they knew of the change. The change appears without any notation or explanation.

I think Parliament, KAIROS and the people need to know, who made the change and why exactly was the funding denied? It’s more than troubling that this government appears to be growing ever more brazen when it comes to subverting document and due process. The Opposition parties need to sink their teeth into this and hold on until the truth comes out.

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