Paper Juggernaut

"...the twisted, secret, disastrous process that led to Mirabel and Pickering must be revised and exposed. What this country needs is fewer airports and more informantion. If opening up the process slows down government, so be it; decisions that cannot withstand public scrutiny are not worth making." "Pickering could never have been started if the public had known how the forecasts were compiled, how the site was chosen, and what the planners, consultants, and politicians were saying to eachother in private papers. All of these matters are locked away in papers marked "Secret" and "Confidential" and "For Minister's Eyes Only" and "This Document is the Property of the Government of Canada." The official reason for all these secrets is that to reveal them would impair efficiency, but the real reason is that it would cause embarrassment." Excerpts from: Paper Juggernaut - Big Government Gone Mad, by Walter Stewart Publisher: McClelland & Stewart (Sep 29 1979) ISBN: 0771083068