GONGO's - Government Organized Non-Government Organizations

Following a shocking revelation about the sudden death of Mr. Remy BEAURGARD, President of Canadian Government funded Human Rights advocacy organization - was this article in the National Post.

Ezra LEVANT also weighs in on the controversy the has overwhelmed the organization due to perceived interference by newly appointed directors of the minority Conservative Government.

Assertions by staff that this interference directly contributed to Mr. BEAUREGARD's  death are serious, but  more relevant is if the alleged "interference" was true.    If so then the distress that perhaps caused BEAUREGARD's heart-attack may have been in some way self-inflicted by poor management oversight and control.  In no way should this be considered criminal, just difficult.  Obviously Mr. BEAUREGARD took the criticism hard.    In that way the staff should perhaps consider their role in helping to crucify their own boss.

Ultimately, this organization is collapsing under it's own ineptitude.  The Board SETS policy and staff execute - not the other way around.   If the staff do not like that, they are free to quit and find another job elsewhere.   If they have legitimate concern about operations they will have to think long and hard about what exactly their criticism is.  What appears to be happening is that the radicalised staff have gone rogue.  They believe that they are the final arbiters of Human Rights decision, not unlike Jenny LYNCH at the CHRC.  A revolt like this must be put down at once.    These kinds of actions - like countless other similar brushfires at the CWB, CBC, Canadian Nuclear Regulatory Branch and elsewhere - are a Liberal fifth column and are foiling the governments legitimate will.

LEVANT has marshalled quite alot of evidence to suggest that this group has drifted a long way from it's initial goals - and that perhaps since these goals were formed, the landscape has changed significantly.   However as Mr. LEVANT has so well documented in his book, we have become overrun by these "do-gooders".  I now believe that ALL GOVERNMENT HUMAN RIGHTS organizations have outlived their usefulness and have become part an industry of radicalised government sponsored bullying - sowing discord, distemper and anxiety where little or none existed before.

"The road to Hell is paved with good intentions."

I support the wholesale retirement of Rights & Democracy on that basis.  It is no longer useful for Government to fund Advocating for Human Rights - that job is best left to private citizens advocating on their own.   I advocate shifting funding to local communities and groups who have broader mandates - like Edmonton's Heritage Days Festival or funding sports, cultural and educational exchanges - will do more to encourage racial harmony in Canada and elsewhere than these NGO's.