By Howard Levitt and Stephen Gillman
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In Canada, the concept of just cause does not seem to apply to our current political elite. Gone are the days when elected officials found guilty of serious misconduct faced far harsher punishments than their counterparts in the private sector. We should return to those days because, in employment law at least, the more senior you are, the higher the expectations of you and the greater the punishment meted out by courts. And when a government affords leniency to corrupt politicians, it punishes their constituents instead.
The highly publicized Robocall scandal involving conservative member of Parliament Dean Del Mastro serves as a good example of this. When it came to light that Del Mastro had exceeded his personal campaign spending limit for the 2008 elections, the Harper government saw to it that he was immediately removed from Parliament, subsequent to which he was criminally charged and later jailed
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Whether or not that punishment met the crime, most will agree that politicians should be held to a higher standard. A bad business leader will only affect a select few, whereas the actions of an unscrupulous politician can impact the entire nation.
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